2026 Book Talk: Creative Essentials with Andrew Evans
You’re invited to our community book club, where we're sitting down with designers to chat about Creative Essentials.
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In this virtual conversation, Andrew will explore the Creative Essential: See what you can get away with.
Drawing on his years designing wonder for a living, he'll share how permission — the kind you give yourself, and the kind you engineer for others — is often the real engine behind original work, and how testing the edges of what's "allowed" can unlock ideas that playing it safe never will.
Andrew is the creator and founder of The Magic Patio, a magic speakeasy tucked in a hidden corner of San Francisco. A graduate of Stanford's d.school, he spent years at IDEO before turning his design training toward illusion — creating tricks that have appeared on Penn & Teller's Fool Us and serving as magic and illusions director for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child during its San Francisco run. He now works with organizations to explore where magic, design, and creativity intersect.
You'll hear directly from Andrew, connect with fellow participants in small group discussions, and join a live Q&A. This session is designed for anyone who wants to loosen the rules they've been quietly following — in their creative work, their teams, or their own thinking.
Come ready to bend a few rules — this one's for anyone who's tired of asking for permission!
Descriptions on this page were excerpted from Stanford d.school's own published materials.