The Design Lab

Join us this Wednesday for our #DesignAtLarge talk as Gregory Abowd (Georgia Tech) explores "The Internet of Materials" and the research challenges that come along with this emerging field. More info below

How does the intellectual property law conceptualize designs? Listen to Pam Samuelson (UC Berkeley School of Law) in this #DesignAtLarge talk here: bit.ly/PamSamuelson

How do you take a really complex concept or idea and explain it clearly? Effective communication is grounded in many nuanced factors related to language and context. But we know that having visualizations to go along to with speech and text to share one’s ideas can go a long way to enhance communication. There is a lot of existing research in cognitive science on how humans create mappings between visual representations and raw data, so rather than running another experiment... to isolate factors that contribute to effective visualization, I am interested in creating software that leverage these findings to help designers create videos and visualizations that facilitate comprehension for their viewers. As a first step, I’m taking a data-mining approach by collecting widely-shared educational videos on platforms like YouTube, and examining the characteristics of these videos and understanding why and how they make ideas easier to comprehend. (Hui Xin, Graduate Student Researcher) See more

How might a new Bauhaus lead the fight against climate change? Learn more about the EU's plan for a new school modeled after the century-old #design movement: bit.ly/NewBauhausDesign

With the population of older consumers increasing, it's important to understand how we might design products and services to fit their needs. Learn more about designing eldercare in this article: bit.ly/UnderstandingOlderConsumers

What is an #infodemic and how is it affecting us in the age of COVID-19? Learn more from Lisa Cartwright, UC San Diego Visual Arts professor, in this Design Fictions Studio Session: bit.ly/HealthSurveillanceInfodemic

At this week's #DesignAtLarge, Dr. LaWana Richmond will discuss different opportunities and examples of how we might design education solutions in response to the pandemic. More info here