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Divergent Design Lab (CDM-030)

Summary 🟡 ✓

  • Owner Unit: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • Sub-unit: School of Design / School of Computing (interdisciplinary)
  • Content Type: laboratory
  • Campus/Location: Loop
  • Last Verified: June 14, 2026

Description & capabilities

The Divergent Design Lab is a research and design lab focused on emerging technology, user experience, and contemporary social landscapes. Current research involves cybersecurity, vulnerability, malware, and social cognition. The lab has received funding from the National Security Agency (NSA). Co-directors are Paige Treebridge (MFA) and Filipo Sharevski (PhD).

Access status

Verification

  • Status: confirmed (✓)
  • Confidence: 85/100
  • Rationale: Official CDM Research Labs listing names Divergent Design Lab, research themes, and co-directors.
  • Last verified: 2026-06-14
  • Evidence:
  • CDM Research Labs listing (Divergent Design Lab section; NSA funding; co-directors)

Equipment

Design research lab; fabrication via linked makerspace.

Last verified: May 28, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

People & contacts

Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.

Source URL

Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.

Documented Relationships

Co-directed by Filipo Sharevski (PER-003), who also leads CDM-007 - Secure Design Lab and directs CDM-008 - DeMobile Lab.

Linked Relationship IDs

Notes

New promotion 2026-06-14 from CDM Research Labs listing. Distinct from Secure Design Lab though Sharevski co-directs both. Source: packet 2026-06-14-cdm-csh-institutional-web-discovery.