Flatland

Flatland Summer and Winter School

Want to learn to apply visual thinking in your work? Get your skills up-to-speed in our three-day training course.
Our trainers
16 participants max.
3 days
2 experienced trainers

Do you want to learn how visual thinking...

  • Offers you an effective method to make complex and abstract information simpler and more understandable?
  • Ensures you communicate more effectively through clear, visual stories that are remembered?
  • Encourages faster decision-making and better collaboration by visualising the heart of the problem?

What are we going to do?

In this interactive 3-day training course, we teach you the principles of ‘Visual Design Thinking’. Not only the basics of drawing are covered, but also the approach to get from complexity to a clear, logical visual story.

We focus on the visual basics, creating an image bank and listing information. Afterwards, we will work with our own case study that we use to delve deeper into structuring your story and making it communicable. In between, there is plenty of room to work on your own case and you will receive plenty of feedback from our trainers. You conclude the training with your own visualization!

This is what the programme looks like

Day 1

We start by teaching you the basic shapes you can use to build a drawing, and we practice visualizing abstract words. You'll create your first imagebank.

Day 2

You begin by identifying the building blocks of your case and working out the structure. You arrive at a first sketch.

Day 3

You start working on techniques to increase readability under the guidance of our Visual Designers. We'll present the endresults to each other.

Is this for you?

The Summer of Winter School is designed for (individual) professionals, who want to learn how to use visual thinking and drawing in a business context. Even if you have no drawing experience yet, you can join! The group consists of a maximum of 16 participants and our trainings are always led by 2 experienced trainers and visual consultants.

After training you...

  • Have the confidence to start drawing more in your work.
  • Have a first version of your own image bank.
  • Can use visual thinking to accelerate your (team) work.
  • Go home with inspiration and energy to get started with your new drawing tools.
  • Take your own Flatland drawing kit with you.

''With the help of the Flatland Academy, I now have the foundation to dare to draw and the tools to turn it into a gripping story.''

Gisele Vermond
KLM

Are you there? The facts at a glance:

  • Date: Our next Winter School will take place in late January or early February 2025. Subject to sufficient registrations.
  • Investment: 3 days for €1,895 excluding VAT (21%). Includes materials during the day, such as a cheat sheet and your own drawing kit to bring along, and of course lunch and drinks.
  • Bonus: after the training there is a free reflection moment, to further develop your skills with our consultants by working on a case together.

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Do you have a question about our courses?

Get in touch with Tom, he is happy to answer them!

Contact
Tom van ‘t Westeinde
Visual Consultant