Design for Belonging: Advanced HCD Partners with Hiki
The Hive seeks to give students real-world experience in industry working through ambiguous challenges, with diverse populations of people, and on projects enacting positive social change. In Spring 2026, our […]
Students Design the Future of Education: PAYS and Upward Bound at the Hive
When the future proves uncertain and unstable for young people around the world, design thinking becomes a way of seeing the world differently. This summer, the Hive partnered again with […]
HCD Memory Tiles: Honoring Oldenborg
“This is so special and unique because it’s one of the first times I’m seeing a project I worked on in HCD be fully realized in the world…and it’s on […]
HCD Students Partner With Claremont City Hall
Human-Centered Design (HCD) is one of the core classes offered at the Hive. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to impactful problem-solving that centers on a deep understanding of people’s needs […]
10 Years of Funding Creativity and Innovation
As the Hive marks its 10th anniversary, we reflect on a decade of investing in creativity as a catalyst for design thinking, problem-solving, and impact among students at the Claremont […]
Thought Leaders Join the Hive!
This spring, we welcome two distinguished design practitioners to our curricular team as Innovators in Residence: Susie Wise and Chelina Odbert. Susie Wise is a designer, educator, and […]
