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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



Communities at the Center



At MIT, Musicians Make New Tools for New Tunes



Designing a First Year at MIT



Design + Education: an interview with Paola Antonelli



Grad student combines technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning



Event Replay: MAD in Dialogue



MIT Community at the Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Carlo Ratti



Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named



Event Replay: Speculative Climate Design



Merging Design and Computer Science in Creative Ways



Improving breast prostheses for mastectomy patients



Luna: A Moon on Earth



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MAD at the Venice Biennale

May 10 – Nov 23, 2025

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VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other

AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture

Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally

Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users

Human-AI interaction in generative design

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

Portable Kitchens

Helping Children Engage with Climate Change Through Play

Nature-based solutions for coastal resilience

Smart textile systems

Shaping future designers

Using technology to improve life in informal settlements

Deployable Water Desalination System

Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials

VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other

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11 Past Events

Not Here, Not Now

Book Launch
May 7, 2025

Nonlinear, with Kevin Bethune

Book Launch
Mar 4, 2025

Learning from Zurich’s Co-ops

Panel / Roundtable, Book Launch
Feb 26, 2025

Assembling Tomorrow

Book Launch, Lecture
Nov 13, 2024

Dream Chasing, with Bob Weis

Book Launch
Oct 24, 2024

From Ideas to Impact

Book Launch, Panel / Roundtable
Oct 16, 2024

Nonlinear

Lecture, Book Launch
Sep 25, 2024

Writing on Design

Panel / Roundtable, Book Launch, DRS24 Conference
Jun 27, 2024

How to Design a Revolution

Book Launch, Panel / Roundtable, Exhibition / Installation
Mar 11, 2024

Thresholds 51 Launch Event

Book Launch
Apr 21, 2023

Kevin Bethune: Reimagining Design

Lecture, Book Launch, MITdesignX
Sep 28, 2022

Learning

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  • Design Courses at MIT

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  • Faculty Advisory Council
  • Student Advisory Council
  • MIT Design Ecosystem
  • Team

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  • MAD Community Highlights at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
  • MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration

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  • MAD at the Venice Biennale

Projects

  • VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other
  • AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture
  • Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

About

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