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Published on May 14, 2014August 21, 2022 by post_author

Over one-hundred years old, Shaker furniture remains desirable for its simplicity, practicality, craftsmanship, and durability.

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What I’ve Got – GreenBoxEverything is awesome about pizza…until you have to clean up. Pizza boxes are greasy and awkwardly large to dispose of. Many a late night, you can find a trash can with three pizza boxes clumsily folded and crammed tightly inside. Furthermore, the pizza is usually either eaten on a plastic plate or by hand, both of which are problematic. Plastic plates are just another thing to have to dispose of while eating by hand can be messy and greasy. GreenBox solves these problems by allowing you to use the box itself as a plate. Breaking up the box makes it easier to eat the pizza without needed extra plates and also makes it much easier to clean up afterwards. It’s also eco-friendly!Images from:http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2013/04/clever-new-ways-to-eat-your-pizza.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/GreenBox-Pizza-Length-Width-Height/dp/B00D0N6P12

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Fifteen Professors of the Year, Harvard Crimson, 2016

Top 50 Thinkers: On the Radar 2018
Emerging thinkers with the potential to make lasting contributions, 2018

Laura Dern & DL Director Say Creators Need to ‘Catch Up’ With Audience’s Desire for Diverse Stories, AdWeek, 2018

Designing digital workspaces for creativity and collaboration in online project-based courses, MIT Media Lab, 2020

A living (room) lab: With students off campus, faculty and staff innovated to redesign hands-on courses, Harvard SEAS, 2020

Chef League (mobile game) challenges you to improvise recipes like the pros, VentureBeat, 2019.

When it comes to innovation, it’s personal: The secret to successful innovation isn’t a great idea; it’s great people, The Business Post, 2019

Smart kitchens need smarter ideas to solve real problems, Fortune, 2019

Design for Desirability: Game design challenge requires students to think outside the box, Harvard SEAS, 2019

Apply the science of desirability to game design at GDC, Gamasutra: The art and business of making games, 2019

Applying human-centered design processes to build successful teams. Into Practice, Harvard Vice Provost Office for Advances in Learning, 2019

Tech that helps us understand ourselves, Future Assembly, 2019

Women changing the way we think about innovation. Stern Speakers, 2019

Loneliness, the fear of digital nomads, Le Temps. (in French), 2019

LA Design Festival spotlights city’s ‘creative diversity and talent’, Dezeen, 2018

Rolling toward a user-friendly commute
Harvard faculty-led startup pioneers human-centric urban travel, 2017; Vespa’s New Robot Will Carry Your Groceries, CNN Money, 2017

Five Cutting Edge Ideas and Attractions, Boston.com, 2017; Technology That Helps Us Understand Ourselves, HUBWeek, 2017

Food for Thought: Flavor & Algorithms, MIT Museum, 2017

Harvard Aims to Reinvent Business-Engineering Education, Harvard Magazine, 2017

Globetrotting Digital Nomads: The future of work or too good to be true?, Forbes, 2015; Why is a Harvard professor studying digital nomads, Nomadlist, 2015

The nature of desirability, The Design Issue, Kinfolk Magazine (paywall), 2015-2016

Harvard Class Teaches the Design of Desirability, Boston Magazine, 2015

A new model for innovation in big companies, Harvard Business Review, 2013

Present at the Creation (Putting research-based creativity tips to the test), Boston Magazine, 2013

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Harvard Global Health Institute

Berkman Center for Internet and Society

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