gsdNow: Design Lead

Jul 2020 - Feb 2021
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Team: Gia Jung, Sarah Fayad, Communications Office

conceived the project “GSD-NOW,” a virtual academic platform for design and research, serving 1200 students and faculty. My responsibility includes defining organizational need (students, faculty, researchers), defined the scope of the project, and ensured its end-to-end implementation as a self-serving platform.

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A look at GSD Now's home dashboard



A look at a course listing within GSD Now

A look at GSD Now's home dashboard (2)




GSD Now enables users to set their time zone to either their personal location or “GSD Time.” Background coloring shifts from yellow to midnight blue as the day progresses.

The project began with diagrammatic mapping of the physical spaces and the interaction flows to be translated into the virtual academic year.

Proposed prototype and features (Initial)

Full research and proposal PDF