Merging Design and Computer Science in Creative Ways


Improving breast prostheses for mastectomy patients
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Jack Bolte ’28 Uses Data to Enhance Swimming Performance
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John Ochsendorf Named to The Curious 100 List


Mar 17, 2025
Shifting Light, Blooming Color


Mar 13, 2025
Event replay: Learning from Zurich's Co-ops


Mar 5, 2025


Feb 18, 2025
Looking deep to see wide and far


Feb 17, 2025
Designing for extreme environments


Feb 3, 2025
Design + Curiosity: Interview with Jessica Banks


Jan 22, 2025
Call for Design Curriculum and Class Proposals


Jan 17, 2025
Call for Teachers: K–12 Innovation Fellowship
Jan 14, 2025
Discovering the freedom and fun of art without rules


Jan 14, 2025
MIT Students' Work Redefine Human-AI Collaboration at NeurIPS


Jan 7, 2025
“Questions as Tools,” Featuring MAD's Director John Ochsendorf


Jan 7, 2025


Dec 20, 2024
Tackling the Energy Revolution, One Sector at a Time


Dec 18, 2024
Watch the Replay of Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Design


Dec 12, 2024
MAD Fellow Zane Schemmer Minimizes Carbon Footprint of Structures


Dec 11, 2024
MITdesignX LUMA Design Innovation Studio Call for Applications


Dec 8, 2024
The 2025 MAD Design Fellowship Call for Applications is now open


Nov 27, 2024
Betting on Curiosity: Kevin Bethune shares insights with MIT design community


Nov 26, 2024
3 Questions: Claire Wang on training the brain for memory sports


Nov 22, 2024
“Mens et manus” in Guatemala


Nov 18, 2024
Finding a sweet spot between radical and relevant


Nov 14, 2024
From Ideas to Impact: A Conversation with Global Citizen Co-Founder Michael Sheldrick


Nov 12, 2024
Fusing science and culture through metalsmithing


Nov 4, 2024


Oct 28, 2024
Watch Jessica Banks' Love Letter to the Unmade


Oct 24, 2024


Oct 17, 2024
Roi Salgueiro Barrio Will Co-Curate the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2025


Oct 11, 2024
From Junk Hoarding to Quality Coffee Grinding


Oct 10, 2024
Design + Creativity: Interview with Neuroscientist Lila Chrysikou


Oct 8, 2024
Podcast: Scratching the Surface, with John Ochsendorf


Oct 4, 2024
Event Replay: Level Up Game Design Panel Discussion


Oct 1, 2024
Take a Public Tour of MIT D-Lab!


Sep 17, 2024


Sep 6, 2024
Fall 2024: Highlighted Design Courses in the Department of Architecture


Aug 26, 2024
Fall 2024: MITdesignX Courses
Aug 26, 2024
Fall 2024: MIT D-Lab Courses
Aug 26, 2024
Design + Performance: Interview with Gihan Amarasiriwardena


Aug 22, 2024
Conversations for Beginners


Aug 19, 2024
MIT D-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteries


Aug 12, 2024


Aug 12, 2024
Design + Typography: Interview with Matthew Carter


Aug 7, 2024
2024-25 Call for Design Projects
Aug 2, 2024
MIT Theater Students Learn Design Through the Power of Play


Jul 30, 2024
DRS 2024 Event Replays: On Design Writing and Engaging Communities


Jul 22, 2024
Designing for outer space


Jul 4, 2024
MITdesignX Pitch Day Replay — 2024 Edition


Jun 28, 2024
The Design Research Conference 2024 Will Be Hosted at MIT on June 27
Jun 21, 2024
Design + Innovation: Interview with Allison Arieff


Jun 20, 2024
Sophia Chen: It’s our duty to make the world better through empathy, patience, and respect
May 29, 2024
New MIT-LUMA Lab created to address climate challenges in the Mediterranean region


May 29, 2024
MIT MAD is Hiring an Academic-Research Program Administrator


May 21, 2024
DesignPlus: Creating Hands-On Experiences for Students in MIT's Forge
May 20, 2024
MIT N52's Design Community Comes Together During Boston Design Week


May 16, 2024
Designers for the Future Event Replay
May 14, 2024
Sixty Sixty One: From Aluminum Alloy to Wearables


May 9, 2024
From Insights to Impact: The MITdesignX 2024 Cohort Proposes Ventures for a More Sustainable World


May 7, 2024
2024 MAD Design Fellows Announced at the MIT Museum


May 2, 2024
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Putting User Needs on the Map


Apr 26, 2024
2023 Design Fellow Liane Makatura Reimagines the Way we Design and Manufacture Physical Objects
Apr 24, 2024
HPI-MIT Design Research Collaboration Creates Powerful Teams


Apr 18, 2024
2023 Design Fellow Alexandra Rieger Innovates in the Field of Omnisensory Medicine
Apr 9, 2024
A Rigorous Design Methodology to Prepare for Medical Emergencies in Space


Mar 15, 2024
Curiosity Unbounded, with Skylar Tibbits: Staying radical and relevant
Mar 11, 2024


Mar 8, 2024
Creating an Experience in 4.500 Design Computation


Feb 28, 2024
Design + Computation: Interview with Nervous System Design Studio Co-Founders
Feb 21, 2024
Letting the Earth Answer Back: Designing Better Planetary Conversations


Feb 16, 2024
2024-25 Designing for Sustainability Research Program


Feb 14, 2024
2023 Design Fellow James Brice Works with Oysters for Coastal Adaptation


Feb 8, 2024
4.110 Design Across Scales Announces its 2024 Spring Semester Guest Speakers


Feb 6, 2024
Researchers demonstrate rapid 3D printing with liquid metal


Jan 28, 2024
Why Should You Have a Portfolio? New Consolidated Resources for Students


Jan 16, 2024
“Refusal is an Act of Design”: Rethinking Data Ethics


Jan 3, 2024
Nervous System Designers Join Over MAD IAP


Dec 22, 2023
Design + Sustainability: Interview with Paula J. Ehrlich
Dec 20, 2023
Atacama Biomaterials: A Blueprint for Sustainable Innovation


Dec 15, 2023
2022 Design Fellow Jonathan Bessette is Awarded J-WAFS India Grant
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Dec 14, 2023
MIT Generative AI Week: Creativity Symposium Replay


Dec 13, 2023
Designing Effective Applications


Dec 11, 2023
Design Fellowship Info Session Replay, Dec 2023
Dec 7, 2023
A Q&A with Engineer, Educator and YouTuber Mark Rober
Dec 4, 2023
Culturally Informed Design: Unearthing Ingenuity Where It Always Was


Nov 28, 2023
2024 Design Fellowship Call for Applications


Nov 21, 2023
The Value of Handcraft in the Makerspace Experience
Nov 7, 2023
Algorithms, Fonts, and Pop-Up Art for Lunch


Nov 1, 2023
Halloween DIY with Design Fellow Sandra Huffman


Oct 31, 2023
MITdesignX Extends Its Reach With Seven Highly Successful International Programs


Oct 30, 2023
Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering


Oct 25, 2023


Oct 24, 2023
“Designing for Sustainability” Program: Ten Funded Projects


Oct 19, 2023
Magic and its Intriguing Connection to Design and the Humanities Explored at MIT


Oct 16, 2023
Biobot Analytics Founders Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli on “How I Built This”


Oct 12, 2023
MIT PhD student Jana Saadi Studies How Humans Interact with AI-Powered Design Programs


Oct 10, 2023
Deblina Sarkar and Shivam Kajale of MIT awarded Designing for Sustainability Funding with HPI Collaborators


Oct 5, 2023
MITdesignX Call for Applications Now Open


Oct 3, 2023
MakerLodge: A Launchpad for Hands-on Learning


Sep 26, 2023
Greening roofs to boost climate resilience


Sep 20, 2023
Mark Rober Explores MIT's Maker Alley
Sep 13, 2023
MITdesignX and Project Manus Collaborate to Empower Student Innovation


Sep 11, 2023
Architect/Urban Planner Uses Technology to Improve Life in Informal Settlements


Aug 31, 2023
MIT D-Lab 2023 Fall Classes


Aug 25, 2023
Architect of Change: Justin Brazier Brings Community Kitchens to Boston


Aug 25, 2023
Mags: The Chess Playing Robot
Aug 23, 2023
DRS2024 Boston Conference Call for Papers Now Open
Aug 15, 2023
MIT Students Win Top Prize for Innovative Aluminum Plate Alloy Design
Aug 14, 2023
Aligning the “Useful” and “Environmental” Lifetime of Plastics: Elijah Martin’s Engineering Challenge


Aug 7, 2023
New method simplifies the construction process for complex materials


Aug 4, 2023
“Growing Islands,” by the Self-Assembly Lab, now showing at the MIT Museum
Aug 2, 2023
Mariama N'Diaye's Design-led Approach to Governance


Jul 29, 2023
Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) Transformative Design Tenure-Track Position


Jul 27, 2023
“Tomorrow's Designers, Designing Today” Event Replay


Jul 25, 2023


Jul 24, 2023
MIT MAD Fellow Improves Accessibility of Online Graphics for Blind Users


Jul 18, 2023


Jun 23, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
MIT MAD Fellow Kyle Gordon Wants to Change ‘Who’s in the Room’ During Product Design


Jun 16, 2023
Mark Rober Sparks “Playful Anarchy” in the MIT Design Community


Jun 13, 2023
Redefining Design: Textiles at the Intersection of Tradition and Technology


Jun 8, 2023


May 24, 2023
designboom Announces MIT MAD's Cohort of “Future World-Changing Designers.”


May 18, 2023
MAD Fellow, AJ Perez 3D Prints the First Building Foundation Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles


May 5, 2023
The Andrea Chegut Fellowship
May 4, 2023
Design for Society: “Design Requires Courage”


Apr 24, 2023
Bringing Design Education to K-12 Students


Apr 21, 2023
Engineering Clean Water for Communities


Mar 21, 2023
Designing for Sustainability MIT-HPI Joint Research Program


Mar 7, 2023
MIT PhD Student Lucy Sandoe Quilts Geophysics


Mar 1, 2023
The Six Dimensions of Caring for Patients With Disabilities: A Journey From the US to Sierra Leone


Feb 22, 2023
DesignPlus – A Learning Community


Feb 15, 2023
“Can We Make the Climate Change Talk More Approachable?”


Feb 6, 2023
Make Your Own Shop Apron Workshop


Feb 1, 2023
2023–24 Design Fellowship


Jan 5, 2023


Dec 19, 2022
Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science 2023


Dec 6, 2022
New Research Collaboration Aims to Tackle Global Societal Challenges Through Design


Nov 8, 2022
Developing Community Around Design


Oct 17, 2022
From Major to Minor, Design Proves Key at MIT


Oct 2, 2022
A New Academy, A New Dawn for Design


Oct 2, 2022


Jun 29, 2022
MIT Announces Morningside Academy for Design, To Be Launched This Fall


Apr 14, 2022
The $100 Million MIT Morningside Academy for Design Will Launch Later This Year


Mar 17, 2022
MIT Morningside Academy for Design Created as a New Hub for Cross-Disciplinary Education, Research, and Innovation


Mar 14, 2022