Partners + Projects

WHY PROJECT-BASED LEARNING?

Empathy, creativity, and action are three fundamental tenets of the Hive’s mission. Empathy, to deeply engage with and understand the needs of users. Creativity, to generate ideas, iterate, and prototype solutions. Action, to implement those solutions and adapt them to real-time, real-world situations. In Hive design classes, students are introduced to a real-world design challenge framed by a partner company, organization, or nonprofit. Students work collaboratively in teams, typically with one rep from each college, to solve the challenge and present their work to the partners. From there, their work not only contributes to their personal learning journeys but also to something greater than themselves: solutions and ideas adopted and applied in the real world. It is imperative to us that our classes create dynamic, tangible experiences with real-world partners for students to flex their design muscles.

PAST PARTNERS:

Discover more about our partner projects in select links below or in the Stories section of our website.

Los Angeles County of Public Health, LAist Public Radio, LA Metro, 3 Valleys Municipal Water District, Global Women’s Water Initiative, Amplifier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brain Tumor Network, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Field Innovation Team, Edulis Laboratories, Thinkertools, Napier Inttiative, Hopelab, Mimente, Universidad de Monterrey, Gente Organizada, SEED, ReWilder, CHERP Solar Works, GRID Alternatives, SYPartners, Didomi, AnimalsAsia, Active SGV, Open Fung, KSPC College Radio, Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations, Pomona College Community Engagement Center, Pomona College Sustainability Office, The Claremont Colleges Services