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  • by post_author April 13, 2015

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBjLW5_dGAM] This is an old and popular video but it is worth the re-share. Western Spaghetti is an extremely clever stop animation, with layers of visual puns and surprise. It’s…

  • by post_author April 13, 2015

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGhio2yuds] Here’s an innovation I hope becomes standard in every city in the world. Walls in the neighbourhood of Hamburg, Germany have been coated with a hydrophobic layer, meaning that…

  • by post_author April 12, 2015

    Game of Thrones is coming back today!!

  • by post_author March 31, 2015

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMhp_kE3clw] SABI is a party headphone design that allows you to enjoy your own music in a party. Meanwhile you can use the detachable label in the glass to have…

  • by post_author March 30, 2015

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k265USTK9wo] TIDAL has officially launched, and this was an incredibly made promo video. It’s use of A-list musicians, all together, seeming as they are waiting for something, makes us wonder…

  • by post_author March 9, 2015

    Fitmatch App Prototype: http://9fu5am.axshare.com/#c=2 Fitmatch is an app that works together with a Fitbit that strives to match people with similar fitness interests and goals together by providing date ideas,…

  • by post_author February 21, 2015

    F.P. Journe has developed a style of watch that seems to seamlessly integrate the old with the new; creating a sense of nostalgia within the trust of a modern design.…

  • by post_author February 17, 2015

    This material is not owned by us. This is meant to be included in our storyboard. 

  • by post_author February 10, 2015

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVwHCGAr_OE] Google Zeitgeist or Year in Search is an extremely effective marketing tool. It starts with “In 2014 we searched trillions of times… what do these searches say about us?”…

  • by post_author January 27, 2015

    What I’ve Got: Brooklyn Studio James Casebere & Lorna Simpson Studio in BK, NY designed by David Adjaye

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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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