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      May 15, 2020

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  • Challenge 9: Pocket Heart

    by general April 17, 2019

    Link to challenge 9 presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bUiXiQ2LGk7PjyR7B-O4XE1A7Q70Yfmi80UOl14Ct4E/edit#slide=id.p Pocket Heart is a tangible relief mechanism  that connects a person with a loved one when undergoing stress. Pocket Heart tracks the pulse of…

  • Challenge 9: HoodSpace

    by general April 10, 2019

    Hoodspace is a wearable product that reduces anxiety through sound and heat. It is a hood with built-in speakers that play white noise heard only by you and no one…

  • Challenge 9: Lumio

    by general April 10, 2019

    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L3bsu_SvGL_SEQ5etktplflUtkjU15B4xLxoxJFtQuw/edit#slide=id.p  

  • FINAL Challenge 9: Earn Your Stripes

    by baltringer May 12, 2018

    Running Shirt: We made two major changes to our product. Through multiple iterations, we found that the thermochromic ink is not as sensitive to heat as we originally expected, especially…

  • Challenge9: Earn Your Stripe

    by baltringer May 10, 2018

    Visual demonstration of new design: thermochromic shirt and hydrochromic jacket Companion app that has a motivational aspect (Beth’s suggestions: notification, shows the pattern start to form on the screen as…

  • Challenge 9: Medex Revisited

    by baltringer May 10, 2018

    For this challenge, I chose to revisit Challenge 8, in which my team and I conceived of an application to allow non-native english speakers to find the medicine they need…

  • Challenge 9: Medex Revisited

    by baltringer May 10, 2018

    For this challenge, I chose to revisit Challenge 8, in which my team and I conceived of an application to allow non-native English speakers to find the medicine they need…

  • Challenge 9: A 2nd Life

    by baltringer May 10, 2018

    This is a revisited Challenge 2. Original link: http://desirabilitylab.com/2018/02/12/challenge-2-the-simple-pack/ We revisited Challenge 2 because the design process was “rough” in that we had only really employed user journeys at that…

  • Challenge 9: Boost 2.0

    by baltringer May 10, 2018

    Jason, Sofia, Snow, Luis, Andrew, and Govind decided to revisit Boost to try and develop ways to improve what we thought was one of our best products. We began by…

  • Thompson Challenge 9 Final Edit

    by baltringer May 10, 2018

    THIS ONE IS THE FINAL. I couldn’t stop fidgeting with it. For my redesign, I wanted to look at an aspect of Challenge 7 that our team Happy Shopping got…

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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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