Design U is the pre-eminent institution of higher learning for the design-challenged. Through training and education, Design U attempts to bring out the inner designer hidden deep inside those that show no signs of design life.

The design-challenged can be easily spotted - those people with the groovy wood-paneled basement or the plastic coffee table and lovely floral-patterned sofa in the living room. Or maybe this sounds familiar: an attractive milk crate nightstand next to the queen size bed propped up by stacks of telephone books. A sad lifeless space with no one to care for it. Well now there is help. It's time to revitalize that poor neglected space and send the design-less to Design U.

The premise: Concerned friends and relatives know someone among those nearest and dearest to them who needs help. By enrolling them in Design U, professional designers provide the education and training the design-challenged need to become masters of their domain.

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