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  • About the Lab
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      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

      May 15, 2020

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      May 15, 2020

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  • HEAL

    by Kate Travis May 12, 2020

    Our team’s central mission was to design an app that helps people recovering from eating disorders through food logging. Although there are apps that allow for food logging, users have…

  • Transit App

    by Kate Travis May 12, 2020

    Public transportation is a vastly underutilized resource, in part because it can often be so confusing. Even if people can figure out how to get somewhere with the subway, there…

  • The Weather Channel App

    by Kate Travis May 12, 2020

    The primary function of this app is exactly what it sounds like: tracking the weather. It at first seems to be a pretty boring app, and useful only for seeing…

  • Whistle

    by Kate Travis May 12, 2020

    Whistle is a clip-on tracker you can buy for your pet, that connects to an app on your phone via WiFi. You can set the app to recognize when the…

  • LinkedIn

    by Kate Travis May 12, 2020

    I have a love/hate relationship with LinkedIn, the website that allows for virtual networking and updating a digital resume. Despite the fact that I always feel unsure about whether I’m…

  • Nest Doorbell

    by Kate Travis May 12, 2020

    The Nest Doorbell is a doorbell that not only rings, but also takes a video of the person at your door, and records it to look at it later. I…

  • Cordless Vacuum Cleaner

    by Kate Travis May 6, 2020

    I never would have guessed that anything could make me excited about cleaning supplies, but this vacuum actually makes cleaning so much more convenient that I think it’s a product…

  • Bookstore Curbside Pickup

    by Kate Travis May 6, 2020

    Local bookstores, such as Wellesley Books or the Brookline Booksmith, have updated their business models to allow customers to call in to “order” books, or order books online. Customers can…

  • Canva

    by Kate Travis May 6, 2020

    Canva is a website that allows for easy graphic design on products such as posters, flyers, presentation slides, and even Zoom backgrounds. The website has what seems like unlimited templates,…

  • The Daily

    by Kate Travis May 6, 2020

    The Daily is a podcast from the New York Times that gives an update on the news in one half-hour episode each day. Normally, the host, Michael Barbaro, will pick…

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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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