This is a design + research initiative of F. Kursat Ozenc , and Margaret Hagan, with the contributions of our collaborators. Our current and former collaborators include Ted Matthews, Joshua McVeigh, Isabel Behncke, Nick Hobson, and Defne Civelekoglu.
The Lab is a way for us to capture what happens in our classes, the research we do, and to attract other designers, technologists, org change leaders, and researchers who are interested in this same topic.
It grows out of a fascination with the power of rituals to give meaning to how we live and what we do. The lab works to integrate the concept & history of rituals into design work, as well as to generate new rituals for use in modern life.
We welcome you to participate by submitting ideas for new rituals or documenting current ones.
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Dear Team
It’s great to see your work. I am a product designer based out of India. For quite some time, I have been also thinking of this topic. When I studied design in TU Delft, The Netherlands, Prof. Ger Breuns used to conduct an elective called Zen and The Art of Design. He introduced us to the rituals and designing around them. It was great experience.
If there’s any way, I can get involved by contribution/ learning, I would really look forward to.
Thanks again.
Hari Kara
Hi there,
I am a former teacher and instructional coach who recently branched out into starting my own business as a mindfulness consultant, mainly teaching workshops (on topics such as mindful creativity, compassion, gratitude etc.) and doing one-on-one coaching with teachers in the classroom at the moment. I LOVE what you are doing. I am actually working on designing a workshop around ritual and have done some research on the subject, but this class you are planning on hosting in February is the closest thing I have seen to what I am imagining for myself. For me, the workshop I am planning at the moment will be for teachers, but I might do one for other audiences in the future
Unfortunately, I am in Columbus, Ohio, so there is no way I would be able to take the class, but if there are any resources you would feel comfortable sharing, I would absolutely love to see them. In addition, I will make sure to post some rituals I have done to your archive (if you search ritual on my website you can see some of them) and will definitely share anything I am doing if you would like. Of course, I would give full citation and credit for anything you would be willing to share.
Thank you so much! Many blessings to you and yours this holiday season.
Brandi
Hello,
I am an adjunct professor for Parsons: The New School of Design. I will be teaching a course in November/December in the Global Executive Masters of Science in Strategic Design & Management program; and am writing to ask if you would be open to sharing a tasting of your project in a 20-30 minute interview-style approach. I am fascinated by your take on rituals – in particular, how rituals can be used as a way to oscillate energy levels for improved productivity. This thinking lines up nicely with one of the key ambitions I aim to drive during the semester.
I will be instructing a course called “Managing Creative Project & Teams;” and the aim is to have students leave the course with the critical thinking skills needed to act as leaders of commercial-creative projects. And part of being a leader is being able to identify and create low-energy mitigation plans for their teams (this is where rituals come into play).
Your involvement would take the form of a 20-30 minute interview (by phone or SKYPE) which I would record, edit and upload for students to listen to.
More details can be made available if you are still curious.
Dear Billy, We’re sorry we missed your comment (it got buried). We’d love to connect! Perhaps if there is another opportunity soon.
Hi there,
I’m a psychologist and my research is on the (new) science/psychology of ritual. I *love* that I’m seeing the initiatives being taken here. Great stuff. My next venture is taking all the academic ‘stuff’ we know about ritual and applying it to real life. You know, where it really matters!
If you guys are still actively involved in this work, I think it would be great to connect. I write regularly for Forbes, Psychology Today, Quartz, etc. on everything related to rituals … send me a note!
Nick
Hi, Ritual Design Lab
My name is Yaoting Wang and I am a student at University of the arts London. I am currently developing my MA major project called “Ritual Pharmacy”.The project is a temporary installation that allows participants to explore more consciously the rituals of their daily life and my research question is “What kind of rituals do people have? What are the main influences of a ritual in daily life?”
I browsed your website seriously, it so fantastic. If you interested in my project, please contact me. And I really want to get some advice from you.
Many thanks
Ting
Hello!
My name is Valeria Bernal, I am a student of Msc Urban Planning and Policy Design ar Politecnico di Milano. Currently im involved in an academic project relating Rituals and the Community building process. We have read your articles and some of the rituals shared in the website. We feel really inspired by your work and we would like to know your opinion on the idea of involving rituals, community rituals as community builders in fragmented and very isolated neighborhoods as a contemporary issue in the cities.
If you have any comments, ideas or any advice me and my group would be more than happy to contact you!
Thank you!
Best Regards,
Valeria