Re-xDesign invites us to challenge past narratives, critically examine the present, and imagine new futures through design. The three panels - Reclaim, Realize, and Reimagine - will engage in discussions that span across time, questioning the narratives we inherit, the systems we operate within, and the possibilities we can create.
Team
Leads
- Jianna So, CS PhD
- Lydia Melnikov, MUP '26
- Lydia Yan, MDes '25
- Shivangi Varma, MAUD '25
Fellows
- Afomia Hunde, GSD '25
- Alessandra Rodriguez, GSD '26
- Ami Mehta, GSD '26
- Arundhati Prasad, GSD '26
- Claudia Sachs, GSD '26
- Eric Pham, GSD '27
- Facundo Soraire, GSD '26
- Hazel Su, GSD '26
- Hui Li, GSD '26
- Huiti Jiang, GSD '26
- Jingfei Huang, GSD '25
- Karina Singhal, HKS '26
- Lilith Ren, GSD '26
- Sijia Jiang, GSD '26
- Sirinda (Kaew) Limsong, GSD '26
- Xin Huang, GSD '26
- Xintong Hu, GSD '27
- Yue Duan, GSD '26
- Yuhan Wang, GSD '26
Primary sponsors
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Speakers
Panel 1: Reclaim
Reshaping past narratives through design agency
- Ramon Tejada / RISD
- Sam Olbekson / Full Circle Indigenous Planning + Design
- Sloan Leo Cowan / FLOX Studio
- Javier Ors Ausín / Worlds Monuments Fund
- Moderated by Ana María León / Harvard GSD
Panel 2: Realize
Challenging design assumptions and unveiling realities
- Joseph Coughlin / MIT AgeLab
- Lindsay Harkema / WIP Collaborative
- Sami Sikanas / MARVEL & Queer Landscapes
- Damon Rich / HECTOR & Columbia University
- Moderated by Mariana Jimena Escorza Alegre / Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow
Panel 3: Reimagine
Plural futures and radical possibilities
- Alix Gerber / Smith College
- Stuart Candy / Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Raafat Majzoub / MIT
- Jazsalyn / Black Beyond
- Moderated by Johanna Hoffman / Harvard GSD & DFA