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MIT Scholarships: Alexandra Coston ’26 Keeps Exploring



Alexandra's projects with MAD K-12 identified design principles and translated them into curricula.

DesignX named on TIME Best Accelerators of 2026



DesignX joins a list by TIME of leading accelerators and incubators across the country, including major players such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and The Engine.

Reflections on the runway: MIT Gala marks four years of design community



The annual student-led fashion show builds leaders in design.

MAD sticker contest: Deadline extended to 9/23!



Calling MIT illustrators, artists, and designers: MIT MAD is seeking designs for a sticker contest with a chance to win an exclusive MAD goodie bag!

Future Fest releases inaugural lineup



Met Warehouse opens as the new home of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning



In a feat of adaptive reuse, a massive, century-old brick storage facility has been turned into a contemporary hub for collaboration and creative work.

Reflecting on the Inaugural Day of Design



As we look forward to this year's Day of Design: Adapt, we’re reflecting on the connections and creativity from 2025’s inaugural event.

3D-printed bridge points the way to greener construction



2024 MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer and Hajin Kim-Tackowiak, MIT researchers, developed a framework that folds a printer’s real-world limits into the optimization.

Beyond-Sports and MITdesignX to Launch Startup Accelerator for NFL Athletes



Retiring NFL Player Collin Johnson Collaborating with MITdesignX



MIT MAD affiliate MITdesignX is Hiring a Director of Activation and Communication



Addressing the impacts of invasive aquatic weeds in the Lake Volta region



Miso Chic, a PhD student at MIT brings an engineering mindset to the art of drag performance—and it’s paying off.



Announcing the launch of MIT Future Fest: Where the future is made



MIT MAD is Hiring a Program and Research Administrator



Designing a career, on and off the track, at MIT



Senior Krystal Montgomery explored design courses to shape a career in web development. As a national champion in track, learning to balance athletics and academics was key to her success.

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MIT Future Fest

Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2026

MET Open House (MIT Future Fest)

Oct 3, 2026

Exhibition: Polymaths

Oct 3, 2026

Unlearning the Anthropocene: TAKK—Mireia Luzárraga

Oct 8, 2026

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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

Plug-and-Play: Increasing Autonomy in Apartment Living With Flexible Modular Design

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

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MIT Future Fest

Cambridge Science Festival, Book Launch / Author Talk, Panel / Roundtable, MAD-supported, Exhibition / Installation, Open Studio / Showcase, Conference, Film Screening, Lecture
Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2026
Above a group of silhouetted figures, the MIT Future Fest logo glows on a glass wall.

An Evening with Alex Counts

Book Launch / Author Talk, MAD-supported, Panel / Roundtable, D-Lab
Sep 15, 2026
Alex Counts speaks intently with two women wearing traditional dress.

MIT D-Lab Book (Chapters) Launch-n-Lunch

Book Launch / Author Talk
May 12, 2026

Sentido with Author Alison Rand

Book Launch / Author Talk
Feb 18, 2026

From Process to Outcome

Book Launch / Author Talk
Nov 20, 2025
Close-up of the corner of a white book titled Value of Design: Creating Agency Through Data-Driven Insights, resting on a gray concrete surface.

Radical Softness

Book Launch / Author Talk
Oct 15, 2025
Artist Janet Echelman, wearing large white glasses and a colorful pleated scarf gestures while engaging with students during a class activity involving ropes strung in geometric patterns. Several students look on in the background.

Not Here, Not Now

Book Launch / Author Talk
May 7, 2025

Nonlinear, with Kevin Bethune

Book Launch / Author Talk
Mar 4, 2025

Learning from Zurich’s Co-ops

Panel / Roundtable, Book Launch / Author Talk
Feb 26, 2025

Assembling Tomorrow

Book Launch / Author Talk, Lecture
Nov 13, 2024

Dream Chasing, with Bob Weis

Book Launch / Author Talk
Oct 24, 2024

From Ideas to Impact

Book Launch / Author Talk, Panel / Roundtable
Oct 16, 2024

Nonlinear

Lecture, Book Launch / Author Talk
Sep 25, 2024

Writing on Design

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

How to Design a Revolution

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

Thresholds 51 Launch Event

Book Launch / Author Talk
Apr 21, 2023

Kevin Bethune: Reimagining Design

Lecture, Book Launch / Author Talk, MITdesignX
Sep 28, 2022

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  • Graduate Students
  • Faculty & Advising
  • MAD Classes
  • Design Courses at MIT
  • Day of Design (K–12)

Making

  • Making at MAD

Research & Innovation

  • MIT and HPI AI and Creativity Hub (MHACH)
  • MIT–HPI Designing for Sustainability
  • Entrepreneurship

Community

  • Design Fellows
  • DesignPlus Advisors
  • Faculty Advisory Council
  • Student Advisory Council
  • Designers in Residence
  • MIT MAD/WPS Teacher Innovation Fellows
  • MIT Design Ecosystem
  • Team

Resources

  • Design Library
  • K-12 Educators
  • MAD Annual Reports

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  • MIT Scholarships: Alexandra Coston ’26 Keeps Exploring
  • DesignX named on TIME Best Accelerators of 2026
  • Reflections on the runway: MIT Gala marks four years of design community

EventsView All

  • MIT Future Fest
  • MET Open House (MIT Future Fest)
  • Exhibition: Polymaths

ProjectsView All

  • 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

About

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  • MIT D-Lab

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