Desirability Lab
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      OPTIMIZE PRIME: Reimagining the Workspace

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Desirability Lab

Behavioral Science Meets Design

  • About the Lab
  • Design Learning
    • Design Learning

      iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

      Design Learning

      Bucket (2.0)

      Design Learning

      HowTo

      Design Learning

      Nourishly

      Design Learning

      OPTIMIZE PRIME: Reimagining the Workspace

  • Product Desirability Reviews
    • Reviews

      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

      Reviews

      Lou & Grey sweatpants

      Reviews

      Lola

      Reviews

      Away Suitcase

      Reviews

      Earring organizer

  • PXDD Course
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Challenge2

  • Cycle x Tide

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    Doing laundry is terrible. Studies have found that it’s one of the most hated chores, with the average urbanite spending 10 hours a week on washing clothes alone.  36% of millenials…

  • Benji: The Budgeting and Donating Tool

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    Now more than ever people are conscious and concerned with their finances. In 2018 Bankrate conducted a survey that showed that at least 17% of Americans have some type of…

  • HEAL by Headspace

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    PROBLEM It is estimated that 20 million women and 10 million men will experience an eating disorder in the U.S. alone (NEDA). Food logs are research backed tool to help…

  • EasyEat: Choosing Where to Eat in Less Than 5 Minutes

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    We’ve all faced the dilemma: where to eat, what to eat? Let’s imagine the user experience of lunchtime in Harvard Square. You’ve got the whole gamut at your fingertips: Clover,…

  • Bucket: Adventure Better

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    What is the Bucket app? Bucket is an app that targets the inertia we often feel when we want to do something, but end up not following through.  The bucket…

  • Jungle

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    MEET JUNGLE Problem: How do we get college students to be aware of the resources around them?  Think back to your freshman year of college. How did you know about…

  • Ferns with Friends

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    Ferns with Friends is an app for anyone, from those of us who can barely keep a pet rock alive, all the way to tried and true green thumbs. We…

  • Habithealth – gamified habittracker

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    Many people want to live a healthier life, but maintaining these healthy habits is so hard in reality. Therefore, we came up with the idea to re-design and gamify habit…

  • Sample post

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    Test and such and more Test and such and more Test and such and more Test and such and more Test and such and more Test and such and more…

  • Season 3

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    Season 3: Fashionable All-Weather Boots

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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

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
Harvard University
Pierce Hall, No. 204C
Cambridge, MA 02138

THANKS TO:

Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

Harvard Innovation Lab

Harvard Global Health Institute

Berkman Center for Internet and Society

SUTD-MIT International Design Center

April 20, 2020
Best Idea
This is my favorite idea from the challenge. Not only do I think this is high need for students, but... View
Happy Cafe
April 20, 2020
need it
I would love to see this come true. While I agree Harvard did solid job with the student spaces, I t... View
Skyview Commons
April 20, 2020
Good combination
Big fan of the app, and I especially like how it is essentially an upgrade to the various things peo... View
Wanderbus: Adventure, sustainably
April 20, 2020
super cool
I love this idea a lot. There is so much potential for more avant-garde uses of the Smith campus cen... View
Skyview Commons

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