BDW | 1,168 followers on LinkedIn. BDW is an experimental design lab within the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder dedicated to exploring the impact and possibilities of the digital environment on the future of learning, work, and play. We combine creativity and technology to generate innovative learning and business models for the creative industries, engaging some of the brightest digital minds in the world as our faculty. BDW students come from all over the map: full-time graduate students, executives from major global companies, entrepreneurial middle school students--all of whom share a commitment to building and sustaining a culture of change that will thrive in the 21st century.