Desirability Lab
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      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

      May 15, 2020

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      Lou & Grey sweatpants

      May 15, 2020

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      Lola

      May 15, 2020

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      Away Suitcase

      May 15, 2020

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      Earring organizer

      May 15, 2020

Desirability Lab

Behavioral Science Meets Design / We moved from Harvard to Brown University + RISD on Oct 1st

Check out our Global Creative Collaboration study on why some teams work better than others

Check out our 'Inner Fashion' Creative Expression + Mental Health NFT art project

  • 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

Tag:

#challenge0

  • Testing Post!

    by ldelaney1127 January 27, 2020

    Testing a post. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ym6irc1rrov2yI3q-_qV_j3gAb-X57WLfOTApNYNUew/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=116883797580429002703

  • Testing video

    by ldelaney1127 January 24, 2020

    Test test test test.

  • Testing a “Link” Post

    by ldelaney1127 January 24, 2020

    Testing.

  • TESTING TESTING TESTING

    by 22LD18TF January 24, 2020

    TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST

  • Peking Duck

    by general May 1, 2019

    There is nothing quite like the crisp yet rich duck skin that characterizes Peking Duck. This iconic Beijing dish is conventionally served as thin pieces of duck meat and skin,…

  • Macondo’s Dish: A Timeless Cycle through the Food Pyramid

    by baltringer January 30, 2019

    A country as varied and diverse as Colombia deserves a national dish like the all encompassing Bandeja Paisa. Peasants in the Antioquia region packed in a large meal of rice,…

  • The History of Sushi

    by baltringer January 30, 2019

    When we call something “sushi,” we’re usually describing the trendy Japanese dish of vinegared rice, raw fish, seaweed, and additional culturally-specific embellishments (cream cheese, avocado, tempura flakes) rolled and sliced…

  • The Cali B

    by baltringer January 30, 2019

    The sun stokes the flavor and creativity of San Diego’s taco shop food scene. For all of my life, the “California burrito” has been the go-to order at any taco…

  • Creme chantilly

    by baltringer January 30, 2019

    Crème Chantilly, or Whipped cream, is a freshly whipped cream sweetened with sugar and flavored with vanilla. This popular dessert is a culinary colloid produced when heavy cream is subjected…

  • Macarons

    by baltringer January 30, 2019

    The macaron we know today is crunchy on the outside and satisfyingly chewy on the inside — a bite-sized sandwich filled with a matching flavor of jam or ganache. Even…

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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

Contact & Acknowledgements

RESEARCH LAB OFFICE:
Desirability Lab
Brown University & RISD
Barus & Holley, No. 220
Email: ba[at]desirabilitylab.com

 

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