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Challenge 0: Wearable Storytelling

Converse, Chucks, Chuck Taylors – it goes by different names depending on the person. This celebrity among shoes was designed by a company that made galoshes or rubber-based shoes. The company stuck t

WIG: Harvard Social Enterprise Conference

The Harvard Social Enterprise Conference will be happening Feb 10-11 at HBS and HKS! This year’s conference will explore a common tension social enterprises face between making a profit and fulfilling

Challenge Half: Political, Punchy, and Personal

My most successful photos deliver a clear message and are supported by clean and simple design elements that complement one another and emphasize the photo’s content and authenticity. Photos capturing

WIG: Excel Skin

There are many things to love about Excel Skin. The most obvious are the excel shortcuts. The skin covers all of the most important ones and its color coding scheme for how to execute each shortcut is

Challenge 2: Introducing Scoot

Introducing Scoot! Scoot motivates graduate students to stop arriving late to class (and eventually, to other things too), by showing them how much of their tuition money is wasted for every minute of

WIG: Compostable Food Container

The advent of compostable food containers underscores two different and equally interesting design challenges. The first is how to design containers to optimally carry the food and beverage items bein

WIG: BIC Cristal

I was surprised to learn that my BIC ballpoint pen has an official name – BIC Cristal. I was even more surprised to learn that due to its ubiquity, it has become a permanent part of the New York Museu

Sensipad

Sensipad will transform how humans communicate, helping people feel like they are in the room with someone they love, even thousands of miles away. From those in long-distance relationships to busines

WIG: Peach Showdown

I tried three different version of peach yogurt and am using Desmet Hekkert’s product experience framework to assess and compare them. I first conducted a blind taste test in which Green Mountain emer

Green Mountain peach yogurtsplit

Green Mountain peach yogurt

Siggi's peach yogurtsplit

Siggi's peach yogurt

Stonyfield peach yogurtsplit

Stonyfield peach yogurt

WIG: Sock

Socks date back to the Stone Age and have taken on many different forms since then. Egyptians cleverly designed theirs with ‘split toes’, a gap between two sides so they could be worn with sandals. Fr

WIG: Color Street

Color Street is a nail company that makes colorful nail polish strips. Not to be confused with stick ons, Color Street is real nail polish with a dry top and moist bottom that can be stretched to fit

WIG: Fujifilm Instax Mini

With digital all around us, it’s refreshing to use a camera that prints a tangible photo. There is something about being able to hold the photo in your hand that presently cannot be replicated by digi

WIG: Ruby Cactus

The ruby cactus is originally from South America. This is a grafted cactus, which means it is actually two plants merged together. The green bottom is the only part that produces chlorophyll and is th

WIG: RX Bars

RX bars are everywhere now. Like many others, I’ve found them to be the perfect snack in between meals. They achieve a rare combination of tasting good while containing simple and healthy ingredients.

WIG: Moka Pot

The moka pot comes in a range of sizes and is sold by many different brands. What unites these different versions is the way coffee is brewed – steam pressurizes boiling water so that it passes throug

WIG: Olive Oil Soap

The original olive oil soap, or castile soap, is thought to have been created in Castile Castle in 1567. Olive oil soap can be made from 100% olive oil or from a mix of oils to create a different lath

WIG: YAB

YAB helps you locate your parked car and receive reminders when your parking meter is about to expire. You plug YAB into the car’s USB port and connect it to the YAB app via your smartphone. As someon

Challenge 9: Challenge 7 Take Two

After receiving feedback from my class and the teaching team, I decided to reimagine this concept. I pivoted to solving a different challenge, which was the fluctuating weather conditions in areas lik

Challenge 9: Challenge 7 Take Two

After receiving feedback from my class and the teaching team, I decided to reimagine this concept. I pivoted to solving a different challenge, which was the fluctuating weather conditions in areas lik