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…
Wheelwright Prize Lecture: Aleksandra Jaeschke, “In Emergency Break Glass”
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Ana María Durán Calisto, “The Deep History of Amazonian Agroecological Urban Forests: Why Do They Matter Today?”
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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.