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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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  • CreativeCommons

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    My emerging design perspective places a lot of value on products that are well-integrated with the user’s existing life, and enhance experiences without totally changing them. I have come to…

  • MasterClass

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    I find the design of MasterClass very compelling to my emerging design point of view. I think that the product itself is well designed to meet people where they are…

  • Wild.AI

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    I am not yet a user of Wild.AI, but I am patiently waiting on the waitlist because I find the design and product spec very compelling. Wild.AI is a bespoke…

  • Milanote

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    My emerging design point of view places a lot of emphasis on usability and the ease with which a product blends with the user’s life and preferences. I appreciate Milanote…

  • BlueLand

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    As I have refined my emerging design point of view, I can appreciate that I really enjoy the product design of BlueLand cleaning products. BlueLand makes reusable class containers for…

  • iPhone Screen Time

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    iPhone Screen Time gives a weekly report on the amount of time the phone user has spent on their phone in the past week. In the report it includes a…

  • SNL at Home

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    SNL at Home is the continuation of the Saturday Night Live series since New York has been under stay-at-home orders. Saturday Night Live is typically performed and filmed in front…

  • No Touch Thermometer

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    No touch thermometer can be used to take someone’s temperature without the thermometer actually touching the person. This is an incredibly useful innovation because it allows to take the temperature…

  • Graduation Yard Sign

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    Most of the high schools in my area have been distributing yard signs for members of their senior class which say something congratulatory for the Class of 2020, the name…

  • Facebook Messenger Rooms:

    by Eleanor Blum May 14, 2020

    Facebook Messenger Rooms is a new tool in the Facebook suite which allows users to create video chatrooms by way of their Facebook accounts. Video chatrooms have become an important…

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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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Barus & Holley, No. 220
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