Value proposition

Research Lab for Transdisciplinary Design & Innovation at Habib University, Karachi.

The playground at Habib University is set as the most cutting edge
design research facility in the country. Leveraging the spectrum of
expertise available at Habib University and using Human-Centered
Design approach as its central pillar, The playground provides an
unparalleled ecosystem for creative, collaborative and
transdisciplinary approach to problem-solving. Since its official
launch in August 2017, playground has organically grown into the
institution's preferred space, physical and intellectual, for
pedagogical innovation and complex problem-solving. It has
established itself as the venue of choice for projects involving
design, making, transdisciplinarity and innovation for students,
faculty and our industry and community partners. The complex
challenges that we face today require us to think beyond
disciplinary boundaries. It is also essential that these problems are
both understood and addressed from the lens of the user. Keeping
these ideas central to problem-solving approach, All courses,
workshops and pop-ups routed through the playground feature the
use of a range of design research methods including but not limited
to systems thinking, speculative design, service design, interaction
design and communication design.