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Desirability Lab

Behavioral Science Meets Design

  • About the Lab
  • Design Learning
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      iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

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      Bucket (2.0)

      Design Learning

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      Nourishly

      Design Learning

      OPTIMIZE PRIME: Reimagining the Workspace

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      Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

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      Lou & Grey sweatpants

      Reviews

      Lola

      Reviews

      Away Suitcase

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      Earring organizer

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  • What I’ve Got: Magnetic Nail Polish

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    Developed with magnetic flakes, this nail polish allows for a quick and cute way to paint your nails. A magnet located in the cap causes the magnetic flakes…

  • Challenge 7: Ascent

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    Combining technology and fashion offers a solution to a common problem working mothers often have: balancing work and family. A shoe with an adjustable heel height, Ascent allows businesswomen to…

  • What I’ve Got: Pandora Bracelet

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    Pandora is well known for their customizable charm bracelets, which easily open up to allow addition, removal, and rearrangement of charms. The charms are hand crafted from a number…

  • What I’ve Got: Syringe Pen

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    These pens took out the scariest part of a syringe, the needle, and replaced it with an ink cartridge. They still retain their syringe plunger on the back,…

  • Viral Challenge: Worms, Wheels, and Straw

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    Link: Viral Challenge: Worms, Wheels, and Straw

  • Challenge 6: Beatfang

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    Ever had a moment when you thought that it would be the PERFECT time for an epic dance party, but you didn’t have the beats?   With its beat-ready rattle,…

  • Challenge 1: Progressive Dinner Project

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    Link: Challenge 1: Progressive Dinner Project

  • What I’ve Got: 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling

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    Link: What I’ve Got: 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling This infographic from the popular comic site theoatmeal.com, presents important, yet basic, knowledge in a fun and entertaining way.…

  • Challenge 4: Apercu

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    Link: Challenge 4: Apercu

  • What I’ve Got: PEZ

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    This very simple candy (or gross sugar-chalk as some might argue) had been around since the late 1920’s, and continues to populate the shelves of the candy isle. PEZ…

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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

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Harvard University
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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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