Transdisciplinary Design

Seminar

Doctor Who the Designer

Science fiction has always been a space where anything can happen, a space dedicated to imagining other worlds or, often more powerful, speculating about alternative…

Natural Capitalism & The Present Day

Natural Capitalism Natural Capitalism attempts to bridge the gap between the benefits of a capitalist model for the economy and the drawbacks of the existing…

Re-designing my thoughts

I’ve been always asking myself, what is the role of design? What is my role in design? Why am I designing? I never got an…

Civic Service Design – Revisiting Structural Political Participation:African-American Design Thinking

Civic Service Design- Revisiting Structural Political Participation. Contemplating What does a Re-Envisioned Foundation of Political Participation, Policy Making Process, Law Making Process, and courts look like today?

English Hinglish

“Is English your first language?” Just as for all the other questions on the online application for grad school, I re-read it multiple times. It…

Gay Graveyards, Symbolic Violence and Other Artifacts of Shame

On December 15th, 1973 the American Psychological Association (APA) – the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologist in the United States – ratified a…

Group Work in Design

Merry Christmas! Happy Chanukah! Happy Holidays, or as they say in the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” “Happy Solstice!” Although perhaps an odd place for inspiration,…

“Huddling Retirement”—The Interdependent Elder-Care Trend in China

The Phenomenon: Why Huddling? Talking about death is never easy, and asking my parents how they would like to spend rest of their lives and…