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Students in Dialogue: A Conversation with Maximilian Mueller

What is it like to be a Master in Design Engineering (MDE) student…

Oct 25, 2022

Aerial View of Dorchester Bay with empty parking lot on the left and ocean on the right. Beach and a skyline of Boston in a distance.

How an urban design studio is proposing a more equitable approach to Boston’s building boom

Over the past decade, the Boston/Cambridge area has attracted tremendous attention and investment…

Oct 19, 2022

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“Plains and Pampa: Decolonizing ‘America,’” by Ana María León Crespo—Excerpt from Harvard Design Magazine

It is a common trope for scholars from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean…

Sep 23, 2022

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Excerpt from Harvard Design Magazine: “The Perpetual Stranger” by Elijah Anderson

Glenn Ligon, Untitled (I Lost My Voice I Found My Voice), from the Door…

Aug 15, 2022

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Environmental Justice, Energy Infrastructure, Migration and War: What Role Does Design Play in Mitigating a Crisis?

At their speculative edge, the design professions flourish in envisioning future scenarios, and we usually…

Jul 12, 2022

The Queer Home: Combining Architecture with Movement to Speculate on the Future of Housing

As early as the 1960s, movement artist Simone Forti began interrogating what dance is. In…

May 20, 2022

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Redefining Wilderness: How Designers are Grappling with the Radical Interconnectedness of Nature and Culture

Two decades ago, the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity set a goal of designating 17…

May 19, 2022

Black in Design mentees and mentors pose outside Gund Hall on a spring day.

The GSD’s Early Design Education Programs: An Interview with Megan Panzano

Megan Panzano In 2021, the Harvard Graduate School of Design invested in a…

May 11, 2022

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A Call to Action: Just City Mayoral Fellows Discuss Design Interventions to Address Racial Injustice in America

“Everything we do at the GSD,” Dean Sarah Whiting said, “is affected by or affects…

May 4, 2022

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Designing With and Not Just For People with Atypical Bodies and Minds

We live in a world designed under a highly constrained idea of what is normal.

Apr 28, 2022