The Forest for the Trees (and the Birds, and the People, and the Planet)
As we continue to face the twin crises of rapidly accelerating climate change…
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Remembering Claude Cormier (1960–2023)
I first met Claude Cormier (MDes ’94) when he approached me about being a teaching…
The Design Thinking behind the GSD’s New Identity
A Language and a Tool A visual identity is both a language and a tool.
Beyond Zoning: A New Approach for Today’s Cities
The early 20th-century zoning paradigm has outlasted its usefulness for 21st-century cities. Harvard GSD’s Matthew…
Jingru (Cyan) Cheng Wins Harvard GSD’s 2023 Wheelwright Prize
Fellowship to support Cheng’s research proposal, an examination of the critical role of sand in…
Data, Digital Media, and a Different Design Office
In the summer of 2022, the nonprofit artificial intelligence group OpenAI introduced DALL-E, a groundbreaking…
How Designers Can Help Keep Our Air Breathable
Smoke from wildfires raging in Canada blanketed the Northeastern United States this month, turning the…
GSD Faculty, Students, and Alumni Participate in Venice Architecture Biennale’s 18th Edition, “The Laboratory of the Future”
The Harvard Graduate School of Design community is well-represented in the 2023…
Interview with Toni Griffin: A Spotlight on the MDes Degree Publics Domain
How is a public constituted, both spatially and socially? How does the public…
Ryan Gerald Nelson on Designing Iconic Typographic Moments
Within the work of graphic designer Ryan Gerald Nelson there is a persistent thread of…