Transdisciplinary Design

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TransD student’s work published by IDEO

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Aya Jaffar, graduate student of the Transdisciplinary Design program, is most passionate about empathy and its impact on social responsibility, storytelling, and the poetics of everyday…

Transdisciplinary Design’s GoodFill Project Exhibited in Soho Gallery

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Whoever said you can’t produce quality work in a short amount of time? The Transdisciplinary Design MFA program surely puts that idea to shame –…

Making work fashionable: a story of design social intervention in Argentina

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Martín Churba, an Argentine couture designer that has been called “fashion’s spoiled child” for his creative and innovative designs, was acclaimed once again in Buenos…

All Design is Education of a Sort

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“All men are designers. All that we do, almost all the time, is design, for design is basic to all human activity.” Victor Papanek argued….

Sex, Apps, and Gamification

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As a gay man living in New York City, I’ve struggled with online dating, especially hook-up apps and websites. I’m not alone in this. I’ve…

It’s Not Easy Buying Green

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  Exactly one year ago (no kidding, to this exact day), I backed a Kickstarter campaign. It was my first time participating in a crowdfunding…

Let’s Get Reflective

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Some people like talking, some like coding. Me? I like thinking about the way people think. I am an observer, a perceiver, a reader of…

Playing the Part of Expert and Ignoramus

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Globalization has designers consistently finding themselves participating within paradigms that they are not accustomed to. Globalization strengthens and extends relationships, both professionally and personally, across…

Expensive Mistakes

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Some corporations are ignorant. In Natural Capitalism, Paul Hawkin discusses how the winnings and failings of a corporation depend on its ability to function as…

Gentrfication

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  As soon as I started this semester, I was introduced a new English word that I have never heard before: Gentrification. I guess I…