Maryam Nabavi

Experience Designer and Innovation Strategist

Maryam Nabavi is an Experience Designer and Innovation Strategist at Idea Couture. She enjoys working on multidisciplinary projects and believes innovation is best achieved when ideas are explored beyond disciplines.

Think like a three year old

We recently had a learning zone workshop with a group of kids in our office. They were in two separate groups of 3-5 and 6-8yrs, each group with unique exercises to complete. Not to mention how exhausting it was running after the younger ones, I also realized how much more imaginative they are comparing to the older group. They [...] Read more...

Moon Capital: A Shared Interest

I am walking down Tremont Street in Boston, delayed by two hours and no idea where I am supposed to be but then I noticed two people in space suites standing a few steps above street level in a beautiful historical building. At that point I was sure that this is where I was supposed [...] Read more...

Jack of all Trades – The Grandfather of Multi-disciplinary Thinking?

OK. We hear about the shining results of multidisciplinary design and the benefits of it in understanding the user’s needs and producing inclusive products. More and more design companies are adopting the culture of having a broad range of team members with different backgrounds that collaborate in multiple projects.  With no doubt, these firms are doing [...] Read more...

Space Flight and Public Engagement

When the Spaceship One took off the runway to begin its 24 minutes of free flight duration into Earth’s orbit, many people didn’t believe the commercial flight would become a reality. The success of the Virgin Galactic in pushing the boundaries forward, promises a bright future for commercial space travel. While the ticket prices are [...] Read more...