The mission of the Institute of Design at Stanford, on a napkin:

OUR INTENT: CREATE THE BEST DESIGN SCHOOL. PERIOD
prepare FUTURE INNOVATORS to be breakthrough thinkers &amp; doers.
use DESIGN THINKING to inspire multidisciplinary teams
foster RADICAL COLLABORATION between students, faculty &amp; industry
tackle BIG PROJECTS and use prototyping to discover new solutions
STANFORD d.school
