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 Beth Ames Altringer Eagle


  Design Engineer | Artist | Professor

Boston Magazine (humor piece): For artists, most creativity research is a distraction. Just get to work.

Comedic Research Piece: Present at the Creation
Funded by Boston Magazine
'Present at the Creation' article link
2012

Boston Magazine hired me to write a humorous feature article based on immersive personal experiments attempting to make some of the more absurd findings from creativity research actionable. This involved things like working in low versus high-ceiling rooms, painting rooms different colors, changing beverages to match the type of task at hand.



You can read the article here.





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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin it, and the work will be completed.”
- Goethe (in German)
as translated by John Anster

Faculty Roles & Bios
Current:
  1. Distinguished Professor of Design and Inaugural Director of Dartmouth Initiative on Design (DIAD)
  2. Faculty Associate / Harvard University Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Previous:
  1. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) / Design / Faculty Associate & Founding Director, MA Design Engineering (MADE)
  2. Brown University / School of Engineering / Professor (bae[at]brown.edu)
  3. Harvard University / School of Engineering & Applied Sciences / Faculty

Design Practice Roles
Founder, Ames Studio / Desirability Lab
Contact: b[at]ames.studio