The Design Lab Portfolio – Page 3 – design as a way of thinking

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Smart Cities: Urban Innovation & Design Thinking

April 3, 2018
News

UC San Diego Design Lab Associate Director Michèle Morris recently joined venture capitalist, entrepreneur and author Greg Horowitt at a “Community Fireside Chat” hosted by SCALE. SCALE is a startup accelerator that provides funding to exceptional companies developing technology for urban…

First-Ever UC San Diego Design Conference sponsored by Design Lab Unites Students with Leading Design and Business Professionals

April 3, 2018
News

By Kaila Lee, Design at UCSD In late May, over 150 students and leading industry professionals representing top design-centric companies such as Workday, IDEO, and Intuit attended UC San Diego’s first design conference. Among those in attendance were Scott Robinson of Freshform and Alex Waters of…

Trust your Gut: Vineet Pandey and Team win First Prize at HDE Conference

April 3, 2018
Healthcare, Large-scale Learning, News

How much do we actually know about our gut microbiome? A lot more than we might think, and Gut Instinct is tapping into that. Led by UC San Diego PhD student Vineet Pandey, the project was born when microbiome researchers and Design Lab members…

Design Lab Faculty Reflects on Inspiring the First Design-Thinking Workshop on a Warship

April 3, 2018
News

By Michael Meyer A few months ago, Naval Air Force Cmdr. Jeremy Vellon participated in a design-thinking workshop I led with Joshua Welle, a technology entrepreneur, public policy expert and Commander in the Navy Reserves, and Micah Murphy, a federal executive fellow at the Center…

San Diego Regional EDC teams up with Design Lab on Link2 Project

April 3, 2018
Business, Civic, News, UCSD Community

Kate Gallagher with the San Diego Economic Development Corporation (EDC) needed a website redesign for their Link2 San Diego program that connects students to critical industries in the region’s economy. Instead of looking to hire high-powered UX and web design companies, she…

Design Lab Students Swarm CHI Conference in Denver

April 3, 2018
News

In May, many UC San Diego Design Lab members and students swarmed the largest human-computer interaction conference in the world, ACM CHI 2017. Affiliated with ACM SIGCHI, the premier international society for professionals, academics and students who are interested in…

Design Forward Panel Discussion: Focusing on 2017

April 3, 2018
News

UC San Diego’s Design Lab recently teamed up with Axure Software Solutions, Inc. to cosponsor a panel discussion on the value of design as an economic and civic driver. Don Norman, Director of the UC San Diego Design Lab, moderated…

Studio Session with John Torous – Engagement as #1 Barrier to Health Apps

April 3, 2018
Design Lab Events, Healthcare, News, Studio Sessions

Design Lab Studio Session: Engagement as #1 Barrier for Health Apps: The Urgent Need for Collaborative Solution John Torous, Harvard Medical School It’s been 10 years since the iPhone was first introduced and the app ecosystem has grown tremendously. Mobile…

Michael Meyer Highlights Design-Driven Innovation in Business

April 3, 2018
News, Partnership Events, UCSD Community

Read the article below Michael Meyer's presentation below or skip ahead to the bottom for audio of the entire presentation. The Design Lab's Michael Meyer recently presented a talk on "Design-Driven Innovation: Building the Team, Building the Company" at the UC…

Derek Lomas and Philip Guo Recognized by Premier International HCI Conference

April 3, 2018
Academics, News, Research

UC San Diego Design Lab members Derek Lomas and Philip Guo were recently recognized by the Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) 2017 Conference. The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of…