Students in Dialogue: A Conversation with CoCo Tin
What’s it like to be a Master in Design Studies (MDes) student in…
Topic Ecology
“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…
Tar Creek: Toxic Legacies, Racism and Tribal Landscape Transformations
The studios in North-East Oklahoma explored toxic land regeneration, indigenous ecologies and their combined agency in advancing environmental and social equity for tribal nations. The study site is still the largest and most dangerous polluted landscape in the United States and home to tribal communities…
Wheelwright Prize Lecture: Aleksandra Jaeschke, “In Emergency Break Glass”
A recording of this event is available with audio description. Event…
Ana María Durán Calisto, “The Deep History of Amazonian Agroecological Urban Forests: Why Do They Matter Today?”
Event Description In this talk, Ana María Durán Calisto will discuss the design principles of…
Wild Ways: A Fifth Ecology for Metropolitan Los Angeles
Wild Ways: A Fifth Ecology for Metropolitan Los Angeles explores themes of connectivity,…
2022 James Templeton Kelley Prize: Isaac Henry Pollan’s “This Is Not A Firehouse”
by Isaac Henry Pollan (MArch I ’22) — Recipient of the James Templeton Kelley Prize,…
2022 Design Studies Thesis Prize: Anny Li’s “The World Was Their Garden: Plant introductions at the US Department of Agriculture, 1898–1984”
by Anny Li (MDes ’22) — Recipient of the Design Studies Thesis Prize. In 1898,…
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…
Dianne Lê (MLA ’22): A First-Generation Student Designs Spaces for Recovery, Resilience, and Community-Building
For Dianne Lê (MLA II ’22), design and research is deeply informed by her background.