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      May 15, 2020

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      May 15, 2020

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  • About the Lab
  • Product Desirability Reviews
    • Reviews

      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Lou & Grey sweatpants

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Lola

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Away Suitcase

      May 15, 2020

      Reviews

      Earring organizer

      May 15, 2020

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2020

  • Mindfulness Cards

    by Natalie Yang May 13, 2020

    These cards inspire users to engage in mindful practices in their everyday life. This product effects change in people by giving small tips that are able to be integrated in…

  • Five Minute Journal

    by Natalie Yang May 13, 2020

    This journal inspires users to take control of their mindsets. It helps users to set goals, reflect, and how gratitude. I think this product is inspirational because it frames this…

  • Ecosistema Urbano

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 12, 2020

    ecosistema urbano is a design and consulting company operating within the fields of urbanism, architecture, engineering and sociology, with offices in Madrid and Miami. Their approach is defined as urban social design,…

  • Adobe Capture

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 12, 2020

    Adobe Capture is a phone/tablet app that is a part of the larger Adobe Creative Suite. It gives you the power to create production-ready color themes, patterns, vector-based shapes, 3D…

  • Liter for Light

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 12, 2020

    Liter of Light is an open source design for a low-cost light tube that refracts solar light to provide daytime interior lighting for informal dwellings with thin roofs. Daylighting is cheaper than using indoor electric lights during…

  • Pleats Please by Issey Miyake

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 12, 2020

    A collection of clothes by Issey Miyake made with a unique “garment pleating” technique where the materials combine functionality – they’re light and wrinkle-proof, they don’t need to be dry-cleaned,…

  • Urbz

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 12, 2020

    urbz is an experimental action and research collective specialised in participatory planning and design. They work with on the ground in Mumbai, Bogotá, São Paulo, Geneva and Seoul with citizens, associations, local governments…

  • Self-Quarantine Safety Protection

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 8, 2020

    At the beginning of March, when South Korea was the largest coronavirus outbreak centre outside of China, its government launched an attempt to keep things from escalating further: a smartphone…

  • Haptik Helpdesk

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 8, 2020

    During the past few months of the pandemic, fighting misinformation and the panic it incites has been an extreme challenge. Given the accessibility of WhatsApp as a medium and people’s…

  • Drive and Listen

    by Nynika Jhaveri May 8, 2020

    Given that we are all trapped indoors for the foreseeable future, Drive and Listen is a fun and simple solution that helps to ease our wanderlust (at least temporarily!). Logging…

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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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