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DesignX offers studio-style design programs where students work on Fashion Design, Soft Toy Design, Wood Toy Design, and Architecture projects. The program includes a Design Summer Camp for Kids & Teens and features the DesignX Student Fashion Show as part of its activities.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: K–12 students learn in one-week design studio-style sessions throughout the summer
For nearly two decades, DesignX has championed and nourished creative intelligence in Silicon Valley youth, and in 2017, Durga Kalavagunta founded DesignX. The DesignX teaching team consists of a diverse cohort of thoughtful up-and-coming talent from institutions including Stanford, UC Berkeley, San Jose State, USC, SFSU, Parsons, RISD, and CMU. The leadership team includes Founder and CEO Durga Kalavagunta, Marketing, Media, and Community Relations lead Hope Patricia Daly, Brand Strategy lead Richa Krishna, Fellowship Coach Eve Gordon, and Fellowship & Operations Lead Leslie S. Valdez. DesignX describes its mission as existing to embolden each child’s unique creative voice through studio-style design programs where young people are taught to dream it, design it, and make it while working with real materials, real constraints, and thoughtful processes.
DesignX describes itself as a leader in design education for youth and a studio-based design education company serving K–12 students across the San Francisco Bay Area, with a curriculum grounded in nearly two decades of experience in K–12 design education. Its programs use a studio learning environment where students move from sketch to finished piece, working with hands-on tools and materials and real constraints, and focus on creativity, presence, craftsmanship, confidence, problem-solving, collaboration, planet stewardship, and human-first creativity in the age of AI. Studios are led by talented emerging designers, and through the DesignX Fellowship, talented design graduates are selected to lead studios. Since its founding, DesignX reports having served more than 8,000 students, engaged 27 schools, delivered 541 programs, and developed 60 design educators.
DesignX partners with schools, community organizations, and educational institutions to bring design experiences to youth across the country. The DesignX Student Fashion Show is hosted by State Street Market in Los Altos, with hair and makeup by Halo Blow Dry Bar in Los Altos and specialty drinks by Murdoch's in Los Altos.
Parent testimonials describe DesignX as a favorite program that sparks curiosity and creative thinking, with one parent noting that their daughter is now pursuing Fashion Design at Parsons in New York City after being inspired at DesignX. Parents report that their children ask to return each year, enjoy making their own fashion creations such as skirts, and come home enthusiastic and eager to attend again. Multiple parents mention that their daughters had a wonderful time at camp, felt taken care of, and hope to return in future summers.
Last updated June 21, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: K–12 students learn in one-week design studio-style sessions throughout the summer
For nearly two decades, DesignX has championed and nourished creative intelligence in Silicon Valley youth, and in 2017, Durga Kalavagunta founded DesignX. The DesignX teaching team consists of a diverse cohort of thoughtful up-and-coming talent from institutions including Stanford, UC Berkeley, San Jose State, USC, SFSU, Parsons, RISD, and CMU. The leadership team includes Founder and CEO Durga Kalavagunta, Marketing, Media, and Community Relations lead Hope Patricia Daly, Brand Strategy lead Richa Krishna, Fellowship Coach Eve Gordon, and Fellowship & Operations Lead Leslie S. Valdez. DesignX describes its mission as existing to embolden each child’s unique creative voice through studio-style design programs where young people are taught to dream it, design it, and make it while working with real materials, real constraints, and thoughtful processes.
DesignX describes itself as a leader in design education for youth and a studio-based design education company serving K–12 students across the San Francisco Bay Area, with a curriculum grounded in nearly two decades of experience in K–12 design education. Its programs use a studio learning environment where students move from sketch to finished piece, working with hands-on tools and materials and real constraints, and focus on creativity, presence, craftsmanship, confidence, problem-solving, collaboration, planet stewardship, and human-first creativity in the age of AI. Studios are led by talented emerging designers, and through the DesignX Fellowship, talented design graduates are selected to lead studios. Since its founding, DesignX reports having served more than 8,000 students, engaged 27 schools, delivered 541 programs, and developed 60 design educators.
DesignX partners with schools, community organizations, and educational institutions to bring design experiences to youth across the country. The DesignX Student Fashion Show is hosted by State Street Market in Los Altos, with hair and makeup by Halo Blow Dry Bar in Los Altos and specialty drinks by Murdoch's in Los Altos.
Parent testimonials describe DesignX as a favorite program that sparks curiosity and creative thinking, with one parent noting that their daughter is now pursuing Fashion Design at Parsons in New York City after being inspired at DesignX. Parents report that their children ask to return each year, enjoy making their own fashion creations such as skirts, and come home enthusiastic and eager to attend again. Multiple parents mention that their daughters had a wonderful time at camp, felt taken care of, and hope to return in future summers.
Last updated June 21, 2026.
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