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Ruchita Mandhre has passed his PhD comprehensive exam and prospectus in the PhD in Design, Environment, and the Arts. Congratulations! Her research is about prototyping in co-design. Ruchita is a research assistant at the NSF-funded project "Understanding and Designing …

Kendon Jung has passed his PhD comprehensive exam and prospectus in the PhD in Design, Environment, and the Arts. His reseaech is about the how professional service designers engage with sustainability challenges. Congratulations! Kendon will execute his doctoral research as a …

A new article just published on learning strategic design in a master's course. Lab's co-authors include director Mauricio Mejía and and alum Yumeng Xie. Strategic Design Skills in a Live Project: A Case Study of a Graduate Studio Course Abstract: As design becomes more oriented …

Transformation Lab's Director Mauricio Mejía has been promoted to Professor (full) at Arizona State University starting Fall 2024. Prof. Mejía has published his work in prominent venues such as The Design Journal, the Journal of Design Research, the Journal of Intellectual …

The Transformation Lab will have a significant presence at the Design Research Society Conference this June in Boston: two papers and a Conversation session with other collaborators. Mejía, G. M. (2024). Strategic design futures: Designing for change in complex situations. …

Last week, on February 21, Dr. Mauricio Mejía discussed design issues with a top-notch group of Latin American designers in the meetup Diseño Sin Apellido (Non-specific design). He presented co-design concepts, but the conversation expanded to include multiple contemporary …

Dr. Mauricio Mejía participated in the creation of four "learning sparks" at ASU. These are short videos that explain specific concepts in diverse areas of research and practice. Dr. Mejía talked about his work on strategic design, design futures, and designing change. Designing …

Dr. Mauricio Mejía participated in the roundtables of the Compete Through Service Symposium organized by ASU's Center for Services Leadership , College of Business. He discussed his approach to addressing complex business and social challenges called Strategic Design Futures.

Dr. Mauricio Mejía takes on a new role to co-convene the special interest group Designing Change in the Design Research Society DRS. He will co-convene with Dr. Luca Simeone, Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. Learn more: …