This is just about the most MTD thing ever: a design lab that comes up with rituals for non-believers. Excerpts: Ritual Design Lab has its roots in Stanford’s Institute of Design, where Ozenc and ...

Creativity and innovation happen when people break the script and make non-obvious connections. Rituals can provide a structure for people to switch to a creative mind-set and push the boundaries of ...

1985 facsimile print of Nie Chongyi’s illustrations of wine goblets and ladles from ‘Newly Determined illustrations to the Ritual Classics’ (1175) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Among ...