Graduate School of Design
Deans' Design Challenge to Address Growing Population
With the world’s population expected to grow exponentially in coming years, the Harvard Innovation Lab is turning to students for solutions to the sociopolitical and environmental problems that population expansion may pose.
The Mind Behind the Chairs
“I was always thinking, ‘Is there something inexpensive and not too crazy that we can do to make the Yard friendlier for a public school kid from Ohio?’” says Michael R. Van Valkenburgh, Graduate School of Design professor. The consensus answer was to purchase a number of bright Luxembourg chairs and place them throughout the Yard.
Things We Learned from Kanye's Trip to the GSD
Kanye West stopped by the Graduate School of Design on Sunday night to share some words of wisdom--or maybe just words--with a crowd of students before he and Kim Kardashian headed to the Boston stop of the "Yeezus Tour." Here's what Flyby learned from his visit.
“Wow RIP harvard”: Insta Reactions to Kimye's Harvard Visit
It was so hard to choose the best comments on Kim Kardashian’s Instagram post of her hubbie Kanye West speaking at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design on Sunday. Each comment was special in its own way.
Souto de Moura Speaks at GSD on Design Prize
The two projects in a central framework and break down some of the binaries—developed vs. developing countries, Europe vs. South America—commonly emphasized when two cities such as Porto and Medellín are compared
Framing Harvard Film
As the Carpenter Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, film pieces from past and present students show that Harvard’s program in film education coalesces with the liberal arts curriculum and results in a unique, holistic preparation for the film industry.
Thomas Heatherwick at the GSD
Thomas Heatherwick, renowned British architect responsible for the Olympic torch and new double-decker buses, gives a lecture in Piper Auditorium.
GSAS Student Council Elects New Members
The Graduate Student Council of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences elected Summer A. Shafer as GSC president Wednesday evening. Several other executive board positions were taken in a surprise coup that Shafer called “an impromptu coalition,” as a number of write-in candidacies were declared at last night’s meeting.
Art Science Blender
Jane Marshing and Andy Sutton speaking about constructing salt marsh islands around Boston in the hopes that people will be moved to address issues of climate change and rising sea levels.
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Rahul Mehrotra describes the Indian religious festival Kumbh Mela at the Graduate School of Design
Justine Simons
Justine Simons, Head of Culture at the Mayor of London's Office, talks with students at the GSD on March 15 on the political imperatives in the public realm.
Labrary
The Harvard Labrary, open since November, is located at 92 Mt. Auburn St. in Harvard Square. A project by the Graduate School of Design's Library Test Kitchen, the Labrary aims to combine the development of library technology and direct public involvement.
