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Wearable Storytelling: Novelty Socks

Over its history, the sock’s function has remained virtually unchanged. From its genesis as a gathering of animal skins tied at the ankle to the tight-knit fit of today, the sock has been and remains,

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What I’ve Got: Bucket Lamp

I love this lamp for its whimsy. It’s an entertaining concept, executed tastefully and presented simply. It’s playful. It plays with the gravity defying wonderment that makes you look twice at a trink

Challenge Half: Bard

The aim of Bard, is to construct an app and a storytelling experience around the central Shakespearean (and theatrical) philosophy that stories are better understood when the characters are met before

Challenge 2A

For my icons, I tried to create images that would be recognizable and specific, but that could also work across a range of colorations. I chose the subject matter just by choosing forms that I enjoyed

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Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club logo

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What I’ve Got: OXO 3-in-1 Avocado Tool

Though I appreciate the design ingenuity and compactness of this design, I dislike it because of the knifework it eschews in favor of highly specified tools. As an avid watcher of the Food Network, an

What I’ve Got: Multi-colored Logos

Maybe I’m just slow to have caught on to this trend, but it seems more and more companies are embracing logos that encompass a wide range of tones and depths. I particularly enjoy these logos because

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multi-colored gradient logo trend

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iTunes logo redesign

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Instagram logo redesign

Challenge 3: Spensor

A study by the Federal Reserve Board found that 31% of Americans have no retirement savings. Though this problem appears universal, a potentially more alarming statistic from the same report indicates

Challenge 4: Horizon

Our education platform is inspired by the abundance of “digital economy jobs” available and the dearth of people who are qualified to fill them. We’ve chosen to focus on coal miners because they face

Challenge 5: Trend or Trash?

Trend or Trash? targets an audience of millennial women by meeting them in the social sphere where they’re already active – Tinder. According to a recent survey, 79% of Tinder users fall into the cate

What I’ve Got: Mid-2012 MacBook Pro

My MacBook has a lot of problems. I’ve had to replace the battery and the hard drive, one of the pads has fallen off the bottom, it overheats frequently, and can’t seem to hold much of a charge anymor

What I’ve Got: Men’s Stretch Skinny Fit Colored Jeans from UNIQLO

At the end of the day, UNIQLO makes good, solid, basic clothing, the epitome of which, I think is their multi-colored, fitted jeans. They come in a range of dyes, from the simple navy blue, to more ou

What I’ve Got: Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive is a soul/funk/singer-songwriter collaboration between four artists that met at the New England Conservatory where they all studied jazz. They proceeded to form a band that has found

What I’ve Got: Stress Toys (Tangle Relax Therapy)

The item pictured above is made for the fidgeter, one whose energies cannot stay entirely and consistently directed at a singular task. To me, it’s an ingenious invention that takes a hole in the mark

What I’ve Got: Powermat Ring Charger

On a simple level of naivety, I gravitate to this device simply because I don’t entirely understand how it works. For me electronics, but more specifically electricity, are a wired commodity. Taking c

What I’ve Got: Wipy Cube Tissue Box Cover

Aesthetically I appreciate this box cover for its devotion to taking the ugly or undesirable and making it intentional. It is that intentionality, and explicit simplification, that allows the user to

What I’ve Got: Cabot Science Library Renovation

Having just recently visited the Cabot Science Library after its redesign, I was truly delighted to spend an afternoon working in its basement. Most noticeably for me, they’ve taken what could have be

What I’ve Got: Playbill Cover Redesign

The Playbill cover has a storied history, beginning with a playbill merely being an object specific to each theater. Branding was a geographical or real estate question – branding of playbills was det

What I’ve Got: Variable Album Art

I’m not sure of the history of this trend, but it’s something I’ve noticed more and more in recent years – that is, choosing a central image to focalize a collection of album artwork for concurrent or