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Although Silicon Valley and Detroit automakers have been given the thumbs up from the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin bringing driverless vehicles to the road, important questions remain. Even the word “safe” itself is still up for debate within…
Who better to learn about good design than the people who will most benefit from it? That was the driving idea behind the UC San Diego Design Lab’s decision to participate in the 15th annual Summer Summit, a summer residential…
For Michèle Morris, the big question hanging over organizers as they laid the groundwork last year for the first Design Forward Summit was whether the innovation community in San Diego understood the value of design...view Xconomy Article
Steven Rick, Ailie Fraser, and Elmer Barerra are graduate and undergraduate students of the Design Lab. They interned at Microsoft, Adobe, and Workday respectively working on research projects. Steven Rick from Microsoft (Left: Steven Rick hangs out with team from…
Michèle Morris currently serves as the Associate Director of the Design Lab at UC San Diego. She also founded Design Forward. We asked her why Design Forward started. Turns out the answer is simple: because good design matters to the present and future…
Calling all entrepreneurs, designers, engineers and problem solvers! Register for the Kickoff and Information Session on Sept 21 Register for the 2017 D4SD Civic Design Challenge on Sept 22-23 In a combined effort to solve complex city problems through human-centered design and…
The Design Lab has long lasting impacts. Catherine Hicks has seen the Design Lab since its inception. After starting out as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, she took her expertise to Google as a Learning Evaluation Analyst and is currently…
One theme of design classes at UCSD is to learn how to interact with the world, get feedback to shape design ideas, and learn what works. On Friday, June 9th, 2017, approximately 120 students in Steven Dow’s class COGS122 Startup…
By, Dr Steph Habif In June 2017, San Diego hosted two of the largest annual healthcare conventions - the American Diabetes Association and BIO Interactive. In the wake of these meetings, it’s more obvious than ever that if any of these…
IBM believes in design thinking. And design doing. So much so that throughout the company, teams can leverage IBM Design Thinking for better ideas and happier users. The Design Lab is all about design doing, so last month, IBM visited campus to facilitate a…