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  • About the Lab
  • Product Desirability Reviews
    • Reviews

      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Lou & Grey sweatpants

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Lola

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Away Suitcase

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Earring organizer

      May 15, 2020

Author

Wanxi Yang

Wanxi Yang

  • Violet, the robot

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

    by Wanxi Yang May 11, 2020

    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

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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