Desirability Lab
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      iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

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      OPTIMIZE PRIME: Reimagining the Workspace

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      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

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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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  • Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

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    This wall-mounted calendar provides an easy way to keep track of upcoming due dates, appointments, and assignments. Due to its large size, it’s easy to write on, and each date…

  • Lou & Grey sweatpants

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    These sweatpants are the softest sweatpants I’ve ever worn while simultaneously appearing stylish and flattering. Often comfy sweatpants are frumpy or pajama-looking. Lou & Grey provide loungewear that enriches the…

  • Lola

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    Typically, periods are not thought of as design-related or exciting. Lola offers completely customized period products on a subscription model. Oftentimes, tampons include synthetic chemicals and fragrances that may be…

  • Away Suitcase

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    Packing in an away suitcase turns a tedious task fun. Though packing is often stressful, Away’s sophisticated and beautiful design holds more than other similar sized suitcases. The built in…

  • Earring organizer

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    Within the past two years, I started purchasing dangly earrings which led to the question of how to organize them. I made a holder out of cardboard, which worked but…

  • Kahoot

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    This classroom tool has been completely repurposed for social distancing. After attending a birthday party on zoom where we used Kahoot, I realized the way that tools can transform based…

  • Ring light with phone stand

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    Producing videos often requires multiple people to set up, light, and shoot the shot. In quarantine, many content creators, producers, and videographers are alone without the help of others. This…

  • Green Chef

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    For those struggling to find access to fresh, healthy, food, Green Chef provides an easy meal kit that lets people cook without the hassle of measuring ingredients. Right now, grocery…

  • Cameo

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    Cameo was designed pre-corona but is especially useful now to bring joy to people in a time where the entertainment industry is mostly halted. People can purchase virtual “cameos” from…

  • The Hygienehook

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    Necessity often breeds creativity and innovation. WIth the global outbreak of coronavirus, we are witnessing invention on a scale not seen in years past. With the increased sensitivity around touch…

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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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