Desirability Lab
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      iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

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      OPTIMIZE PRIME: Reimagining the Workspace

  • Product Desirability Reviews
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      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

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      Lou & Grey sweatpants

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Desirability Lab

Behavioral Science Meets Design

  • About the Lab
  • Design Learning
    • Design Learning

      iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

      Design Learning

      Bucket (2.0)

      Design Learning

      HowTo

      Design Learning

      Nourishly

      Design Learning

      OPTIMIZE PRIME: Reimagining the Workspace

  • Product Desirability Reviews
    • Reviews

      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

      Reviews

      Lou & Grey sweatpants

      Reviews

      Lola

      Reviews

      Away Suitcase

      Reviews

      Earring organizer

  • PXDD Course
Author

  • Adobe

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    My ‘design point of view’ key features are a clean, bold marketing/theme, innovative ideas, and a fun/inspirational motive. I am obsessed with all Adobe products and now their ios range.…

  • WelleCo

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    My ‘design point of view’ key features are a clean, bold marketing/theme, innovative ideas, and a fun/inspirational motive. WelleCo by Elle Macpherson really appeals to me. They are a supplement…

  • Apple

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    My ‘design point of view’ key features are a clean, bold marketing/theme, innovative ideas, and a fun/inspirational motive. I believe Apple is the definition of my design point of view.…

  • Mudbrick

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    My ‘design point of view’ key features are a clean, bold marketing/theme, innovative ideas, and a fun/inspirational motive. Mudbrick is a vineyard and winery in New Zealand on Waiheke Island.…

  • Les Mills

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    My ‘design point of view’ key features are a clean, bold theme/design, innovative ideas, and a fun/inspirational motive. Les Mills stands out to me. I have reviewed this company before…

  • My Food Bag

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    Before being sent home from school I was a terrible cook because I didn’t have time as I was very busy with swimming, water polo, and school. I decided to…

  • Two Islands Co

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    Two Islands Co. is a health and well-being product company that makes powered supplements simple. They are a small range of products. I collagen powder and protein powder in multiple…

  • Smeg

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    Smeg brings appliances to life!! I am obsessed with their ability to me want to buy a washing machine, fridge, and stand up mixer only because they look beautiful. My…

  • Bennetto Natural Foods Co.

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    Bennetto is inspiring in multiple ways. The company has a passion for organic quality foods and fairtrade ingredients because they believe that it is important to care about the world…

  • Hip Group

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    This is a super inspiring group of restaurants in New Zealand. These restaurants include Amano – an Italian fusion restaurant, Milse – a sweet treats restaurant, The Store – a…

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Selected News…

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

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

Contact & Acknowledgements

RESEARCH LAB OFFICE:
Desirability Lab
Harvard University
Pierce Hall, No. 204C
Cambridge, MA 02138

THANKS TO:

Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

Harvard Innovation Lab

Harvard Global Health Institute

Berkman Center for Internet and Society

SUTD-MIT International Design Center

April 20, 2020
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Happy Cafe
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Skyview Commons
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Wanderbus: Adventure, sustainably
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super cool
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