Desirability Lab
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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
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  • Violet, the robot

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    Violet is an ultra-violet sterilization robot for disinfection. The robot is born in Ireland, created by Cornor Mcginn, who is a roboticist and professor at Trinity College Dublin. Originally, the…

  • Kosmi

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    Because friends cannot meet each other, they settle for watching movies together online. Kosmi is a digital hangout platform where you can create virtual rooms and hang out with your…

  • Switch/Animal Crossing

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    It’s hard to buy a Switch these days. A friend of mine had to use an automated bot in order to purchase such a gaming console. Undeniable, Switch has always…

  • Uber Eats

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    When all the restaurant shut down, Uber Eats quickly changed their strategies in order to adjust to the pandemic. First, they provided a new function so that customers to directly…

  • TikTok

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    Although many people seem condescending when talking about TikTok, it is a very successful app. Because people have more time now, a lot of them use their excess time watching…

  • Curio

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    Curio is an audio news app where new articles and stories are hand-selected by their editors. All news articles are read by professional voice actors. The users can listen to…

  • Mirror

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    Mirror is a mirror that can play online exercise courses. Marketed as an interactive gym, Mirror is targeting people who are dedicated to workouts. The product is very expensive, but…

  • Lofi music

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    Lofi music is a genre of music where the melody contains some elements that are considered as imperfections of a recording. Generally, loft music is regarded as relaxing and has…

  • Petfinder

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    Petfinder is an app where users can see animals that are adoptable in shelters. Nowadays, most shelters use Petfinder to help their animals get adopted. The user to search for…

  • SIMI TV

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    SIMI TV is a YouTube channel featuring hamsters. The host owns multiple hamsters and is dedicated to making small stuff for them, including a mini kitchen that’s usable, a mini…

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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
Best Idea
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Happy Cafe
April 20, 2020
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Skyview Commons
April 20, 2020
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Wanderbus: Adventure, sustainably
April 20, 2020
super cool
I love this idea a lot. There is so much potential for more avant-garde uses of the Smith campus cen... View
Skyview Commons

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