APRD 5006 · fall 2026 · the brand studios at CU Boulder
design
for
startups
Sixteen weeks. No client and no assigned brief. You come up with a startup idea, test it with real people, build its brand, and pitch it.
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open class page →
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02
the semester, end to end
Fifteen Tuesday nights in four phases. From class 3 to class 14 each one adds a tool to your kit, a primary tool plus the instrument that tests it, and that is what is due before the next class. Color is behind you, black is this week, and every class is a link.
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phases
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classes
what you make
what you make
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done, in the phase's color
this week
ahead
the full class-by-class index, with readings and due dates →
the toolbox, all twelve →
the venture book →
the semester
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·
fall break
Nov 24
quick links
every reading, workshop & assessment, class by class.
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