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GSD exhibitions turn “Inside Out”

This spring, Harvard Graduate School of Design has turned its Druker Design Gallery, Experiments Wall,…

Feb 26, 2021

abstract image in blues and reds.

Five design initiatives celebrating Black creativity, from host of The Nexus podcast

In February 2020, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first Black History…

Feb 23, 2021

Image of man riding bike (silhouette) in front of pink Barragan wall

Silvia Benedito’s new book Atmosphere Anatomies explores weather, climate, and atmosphere as mediums of design

Much of modern civilization has been shaped by a fundamental need for shelter, and much…

Feb 23, 2021

Newly launched GSD Now offers novel connections for the school community

Harvard GSD has introduced digital platform GSD Now to its community of students, faculty, and…

Feb 19, 2021

Building facade in Harlem with many overlapping geometric colors

The African American Design Nexus’ Harlem StoryMap traces the neighborhood’s Black-designed places

Black Harlem, storied and resilient, has been chronicled from many perspectives. Missing until now has…

Feb 17, 2021

Black and white photograph of Steilneset Memorial is a monument in Vardø, Norway

Groundscrapers: Exploring the logic behind long, low buildings

A visionary architect of the modern metropolis surveyed the vast urban scene unfolding from his…

Feb 17, 2021

Abstract areal photograph of a plane at an airport

The Future of Air Travel: Toward a better in-flight experience

Anyone remember air travel? In early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe…

Jan 29, 2021

Image of scanned Cottom Kingdom map with tracing and labels in red

In Cotton Kingdom, Now, Sara Zewde retraces Frederick Law Olmsted’s route through the Southern states

“The mountain ranges, the valleys, and the great waters of America, all trend north and…

Jan 13, 2021

Materials from the Womxn in Design archive at the GSD

Womxn in Design on shifts in design pedagogy: “The conditions in which we learn become the conditions we practice and reproduce.”

It’s been almost three years since the #MeToo movement started launching public awareness around the…

Jan 4, 2021

Illustration showing transit through a city

Excerpt: A Democratic Infrastructure for Johannesburg, by Benjamin Bradlow

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Dec 8, 2020