Gretchen Chern | Design Research & Strategy

Designing A Difference: Part 2

Design­ing A Dif­fer­ence — Small­bean Part 2 on Vimeo Almost one year ago, I wrote about a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Design Muse­um Boston and Small­bean to devel­op the next gen­er­a­tion of Smallbean’s solar suit­case in a post titled Design­ing A Dif­fer­ence: Smallbean’s Solar Suit­case. Here is phase two of the project, which focused on refin­ing con­cepts […]

It’s Not Easy Being Green

It’s Not Easy Being Green is a project by two design­ers trav­el­ing around the world in 184 days. The project was ini­ti­at­ed by Aart van Bezooyen and Paula Raché, a Dutch-Ger­­man design cou­ple liv­ing and work­ing in Ham­burg, Ger­many. Over the course of six months they are offer­ing inspir­ing lec­tures and mate­ri­als work­shops to explore […]

Creative Capacity of Social Business Models — Core77

This arti­cle shows exam­ples of inno­v­a­tive busi­ness mod­els that com­bine cre­ativ­i­ty and social respon­si­bil­i­ty: Cre­ative Capac­i­ty of Social Busi­ness Mod­els.

Tippy Tap: Save Water, Save Lives

I found this video via World Water Day: Tip­py Tap keeps it sim­ple + saves water — Core77. I love how sim­ple the solu­tion is. To learn more vis­it www.tippytap.org/.

Designing A Difference: Smallbean’s Solar Suitcase

Design­ing A Dif­fer­ence: Small­bean Part 1 from Design Muse­um Boston on Vimeo. A team at Design Muse­um Boston is col­lab­o­rat­ing with Small­bean, a non­prof­it cor­po­ra­tion based in Boston, to devel­op the next gen­er­a­tion of Smallbean’s solar suit­case. This video doc­u­ments phase one of the redesign, which is still in progress. Phase one focused on under­stand­ing […]

Different Flavors of Design Management

A look at the dif­fer­ent “fla­vors” of design man­age­ment and how the great scope of the dis­ci­pline affects how it is both per­ceived and taught.