Hijack your mentors: what I’ve learned about design mentorship
As I wrap up my time as a doctoral candidate and step into a new role as a full-time design […]
Sheng-Hung Lee
Sheng-Hung Lee is a designer and postdoctoral research fellow working at MIT, and Board Director at IDSA. He is trained as a designer and engineer, and his approach to problem-solving is influenced by his passion for how design and technology impact and can be integrated into society.
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Designing public futures: how civic design transforms policy and participation
After a three-year application process, I received my green card last week. Although it grants permanent residency rather than citizenship, […]
Creative Risk: charting an interdisciplinary path in design
As the seasons shift from spring to summer here in Cambridge, MA, there’s a warmth in the air that invites […]
Designing the invisible: the soft power of design from stuff to systems
Spring break serves as both a seasonal transition and a brief pause for students—myself included—who are in the midst of […]
Beyond simplicity: adequate technology for exceptional design
When I worked at IDEO, I spoke with a few colleagues from IDEO.org who introduced me to the term “appropriate […]
Making meaningful material: exploring Product Design, Service Innovation, and Social Impact
In the face of challenges such as climate change, aging populations, carbon neutrality, and other systemic issues, industrial designers are […]
Redefining norms: what extreme users teach us about design
Recently, my friend Devin Liddell, a designer and principal futurist at TEAGUE, and I embarked on an intriguing project: designing […]
Choreographing power: government innovation through a Design lens
My interest and intention lie less in politics and more in the design and innovation aspects within the political sphere. […]
Creating with consciousness: how data and design meet desire?
At the start of the fall semester at MIT, I successfully presented at my fourth PhD committee meeting. The weather […]
Transforming Intuition into Innovation: the role of AI and Grounded Theory
Before the fall semester begins at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in early September, as the weather cools and life […]
Reimagining gym experiences: LongevityTech health service innovation
This summer we taught a 10-day design sprint workshop in Taipei City titled “Gym Experience Redesign for LongevityTech Health Services,” […]
Navigating the New Design frontier: AI’s role in transforming creative processes
In April, I attended HarvardXR 2024 Extended Intelligence, where I was astounded by the breadth of immersive technologies, the diverse […]
Expanding horizons: the evolution of user experience spaces
In March of this year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AgeLab hosted the Preparing for Longevity Advisory Network (PLAN) […]
Using boundary objects for enhanced design perspectives and insights
April heralds springtime in Cambridge, Massachusetts, bringing with it a welcome warmth. During my brief winter break, I had the […]
Design for Vulnerability (D4V): Adaptability, Artifacts, and Apprehension
During this winter break, I had the honor of partnering with the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) Social […]
From Post-it notes to solutions. From artificial intelligence to anticipating intelligence
How do we prototype a meaningful, respectful, and impactful service experience? After conducting an intense three-month pilot test of my […]
Industrial Design Paradigm Shift: Reflection on Translating Dieter Rams Portfolios
This article synthesizes my thoughts and shares my reflections. All the sweat paid off when I received the Chinese version […]
What makes a design conference go from informative to inspiring?
I realized that it is still not easy to set up a series of standard universal criteria to measure the […]
Building an AgeTech City: Services, Community, and Technology
Design for aging has become a trend across almost every industry including people’s daily lives, public and private sector services, […]
Design for simulation: how to project your future self?
Recently, I’ve become passionate about the concept of Design for Longevity (D4L). D4L goes beyond discussing only design for financial […]
Design for Longevity: Service, Systems, and Sustainability
Last month, MIT AgeLab hosted the PLAN (Preparing for Longevity Advisory Network) forum in Cambridge, USA, inviting experts and leaders […]
A self-reflection on research ethics and design process
With these external changes in emerging technologies and socioeconomic shifts, finding adaptable and scalable solutions has become increasingly important. And […]
From Brainstorming to Bodystorming: an applied ethnographic perspective to view co-creation workshops
This fall semester, I am lucky to take the Ethnography Research Method 12-unit course, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) […]
Service Innovation in Space Design
What is service design? How do we define service innovation in lab space? How do we build an immersive and […]
A look into Design leadership at MIT Laboratories
When it comes to design-leadership-related topics, simultaneously, designers have so many questions in mind and, in seeking answers, ask for […]
Computational design experiment for older adult’s footwear
According to the 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects, by 2050, people aged 65 or above will account for 25% […]