Desirability Lab
  • 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
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
Category:

Design Learning

Past Challenges

  • iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

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    Fashion design takes skill and practice: the process is rife with opportunities for mistakes. How does one design a pattern? What type of stitch should I use? What’s an inseam?…

  • Bucket (2.0)

    by

    Bucket is an anti-social media social media platform. The app allows users to deepen connections with the people that matter most through the exchange and co-creation of aspirations. Users create…

  • HowTo

    by

    HowTo is a mobile reference application, designed to be an educational resource for older users struggling with technology. This is a gamified learning tool with meticulous design choices intended to…

  • Nourishly

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    We live in a world plagued by misinformation. From information about the novel coronavirus fraught with fallacy to fake news, consumers often have a difficult time sifting through bias and…

  • OPTIMIZE PRIME: Reimagining the Workspace

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    For this Human-Centered Design challenge, we delved into the question of how we could reimagine a traditional workspace in order to better fit a wide variety of needs and environments.…

  • FinLit

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    Prepared by: Adam Moqrane and Nourhan Shaaban. Presentation slides here Problem:  Question: How might we get young people (18-29) to develop basic financial literacy (personal finance) to make more empowered…

  • 350°: Gamified

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    We used Unity and Visual Studio to add a gamified questionnaire to the original version of the 350 app. During the time of COVID-19, it has become increasingly difficult to…

  • Invest.Me

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    Overview Retail investors struggle to apply what they know when making investment decisions. For this challenge, our goal was to help investors make smarter investment decisions by aligning their values…

  • TP Battleground

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    Now, novel coronavirus panic buyers are snatching up … toilet paper? Toilet papers have been flying off the shelves as the public’s anxiety about the outbreak continues to drive so-called…

  • HEAL

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    Our team’s central mission was to design an app that helps people recovering from eating disorders through food logging. Although there are apps that allow for food logging, users have…

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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
This is my favorite idea from the challenge. Not only do I think this is high need for students, but... View
Happy Cafe
April 20, 2020
need it
I would love to see this come true. While I agree Harvard did solid job with the student spaces, I t... View
Skyview Commons
April 20, 2020
Good combination
Big fan of the app, and I especially like how it is essentially an upgrade to the various things peo... View
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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