Desirability Lab
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      iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

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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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  • My Portfolio

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    My portfolio can be found here: http://cargocollective.com/megquintero

  • What I’ve Got: Sperry Top Siders

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    As the weather *finally* starts to warm up, I get most excited to bring out my multiple pairs of boat shoes.  Sperry Top Siders are the ultimate spring footwear option:…

  • REMIX

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    Link: REMIX Shared with Dropbox We were inspired by the theme of youth and wanted to create a modern variation of through this song. This remix is a sensory concoction…

  • What I’ve Got: Nike Fuel Band

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    Nike just announced that they will be cutting the Nike Fuel Band product and they laid off the 1000 person hard ware division behind the product.  Apparently the Fuel Band…

  • What I’ve Got: Cadbury Eggs

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      What’s more desirable than a Cadbury Creme Egg on Easter?

  • What I’ve Got: Dim Sum

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    I always have a hard time choosing an item while at a restaurant.  Dim sum is awesome because you can grab what looks good and eat it right then and…

  • What I’ve Got: Department Stores

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    Recently, I need to purchase a formal dress, heels to match, and pantyhose.  I went to a department store despite it not being my favorite due to the added convenience…

  • Introducing Parking Angel!

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    Parking is an iterative and creative process!  Introducing the Parking Angel: the one stop app that finds the spot that is best for you.   Featuring a one time set…

  • What I’ve Got: Nike Running App

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    Not only does the app alert me each time I have completed a quarter mile, it tells me my average speed and current time, which is perfect for improving my…

  • What I’ve Got: Spicy Chocolate!

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    What I think is great about this Tabasco brand chocolate product is the way in which it delivers a new flavor or spin to chocolate that is reminiscent of its…

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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
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Happy Cafe
April 20, 2020
need it
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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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