ASAF BALAGA — HTGAA Spring 2026
About me
I’m an industrial designer currently pursuing a MDE Degree at Harvard. In my practice, i’m focused on multidisciplinary research - utilizing digital & traditional fabrication methods, computational methodologies, philosophy and critical thinking - I observe, dismantle and reconstruct the concepts I’m working with, using whimsical and subversive motives to question the ordinary and unearth speculative near-futures. I believe that design is a tool to address social , environmental & economic wickedities, advancing us towards a more holistic and responsible approach towards just being and being just.
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Homework
- Week 1: Principles and practices
- Week 10: Week 10 — Advanced Imaging & Measurement Technology
- Week 11: Bioproduction & Cloud Labs
- Week 2: DNA read write edit
- Week 3: Opentrons
- Week 4: Protein Design 1
- Week 5: Protein Design 2
- Week 6: Genetic Circuits
- Week 7: Genetic Circuits 2
- Week 9: Cell-Free Systems
Labs
- Week 1 Lab: Pipetting
- Lab 2: Gel Running
- Week 10 Lab: Mass Spectrometry at Waters
- Week 11 Lab: Global Experiment
- Week 3 Lab: Opentron Art
- Week 4 Lab: Protein Design
- Week 5 Lab: Protein Design 2
- Week 6 Lab: Gibson Assembly
- Week 9 Lab: Cell-Free