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Introducing the 2025 MAD Design Fellows



MAS.S60 Critical Matter: Emotive Design from Fashion to Urban Scale



MIT launches Day of Design to bring hands-on learning to classrooms



Discovering metamaterials with extraordinary energy dissipation



Two initiatives awarded MAD curriculum support to transform design education



Collaborating with the force of nature



Now Open: Fall 2025 Call for Design Events



What does a designer actually do?



Is there a design formula?



MIT Gala offers MET Gala some very-MIT competition, including a dress with morse code hidden in the beadwork



Watch the ALBERS x MIT event replay



Cyclical Vision: VAMO Proposes an Alternative to Architectural Permanence



Designing quilts with foundation paper piecing



MAD Community Highlights at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale



MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration



The MIT Morningside Academy for Design welcomes D-Lab into its growing design ecosystem



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MAD at the Venice Biennale

May 10 – Nov 23, 2025

Day of Design: Connect

Sep 25, 2025

Design for our Lives

Oct 3, 2025

In His Shoes

Oct 9, 2025

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VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other

Automatic Example Generation for Babylonian Programming to facilitate Human-centric Domain Exploration

Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

The Design of Sustainable Academic Entrepreneurship Ecosystems for AI-Driven Venture Success

Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally

Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users

Concrete Printed Bridge

AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture

Human-AI interaction in generative design

2D Magnetic Material for Sustainable AI

AI-Powered Startup Design for the Anthropocene

AI-Empowered Architect: Connecting Creativity with Efficiency for Sustainable Structures Design

Collaborative Augmented Reality-Guided Mud Formwork for Optimized Structural Construction in Remote Areas

Using AI and Immersive Technologies to Experience the Future Self and Support Sustainable Dietary Choices

Predicting Functional Effects of Genetic Variants

Portable Kitchens

Improving Human–AI System Sustainability in Health Via Aligned Relevance and Evaluation

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Aug 28, 2025

Introducing the 2025 MAD Design Fellows

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Aug 28, 2025

MAS.S60 Critical Matter: Emotive Design from Fashion to Urban Scale

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Aug 25, 2025

MIT launches Day of Design to bring hands-on learning to classrooms

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News / Interview

Aug 10, 2025

Discovering metamaterials with extraordinary energy dissipation

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News

Jul 21, 2025

Two initiatives awarded MAD curriculum support to transform design education

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News / Stories

Jul 14, 2025

Designing structures that work with, not against, volcanic forces

A metallic, geometric structure partially buried in a rugged volcanic landscape, surrounded by dark lava rocks and patches of snow. Steam rises from the ground, and a snow-covered mountain looms in the background under a clear blue sky.

Jul 14, 2025

Now Open: Fall 2025 Call for Design Events

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News / Blog post

Jun 26, 2025

What does a designer actually do?

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From Process to Outcome

Book Launch / Author Talk
Nov 20, 2025
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MIT D-Lab Student Showcase

Open Studio / Showcase
Dec 4, 2025
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MAD Holiday Making

Workshop
Dec 9, 2025
Four handmade block-printed holiday cards on kraft paper, featuring red snowflakes, a black pinecone, and a penguin with a star.

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  • Faculty Advisory Council
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  • MAD at the Venice Biennale
  • Day of Design: Connect
  • Design for our Lives

Projects

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  • Automatic Example Generation for Babylonian Programming to facilitate Human-centric Domain Exploration
  • Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

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