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Introducing the 2025 MAD Design Fellows

Aug 28, 2025

Young man standing and smiling in front of a large sculptural installation made of layered, translucent turquoise glass arranged in intersecting diamond-shaped patterns. The setting appears to be a modern indoor space with glass walls and natural light.

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

AnnouncementsAug 28, 2025

A person stands with arms on their hips, wearing a sculptural, glowing garment that emits blue and white light. The piece has layered, organic patterns resembling rippling waves or carved topography. The wearer’s face is shadowed, creating a dramatic focus on the illuminated design across the chest and shoulders.

Discovering metamaterials with extraordinary energy dissipation

InterviewAug 10, 2025

Adelaide Zollinger

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

HighlightsJun 20, 2025

Denise Brehm

Model walks in a white dress featuring gold embroidery and a sunburst motif on the bodice. The structured gown has a sweeping hemline and is framed by seated spectators.

Designing quilts with foundation paper piecing

Person holding up a finished quilt block featuring a black cat with bright yellow eyes, surrounded by purple, lavender, and patterned fabric shapes. The background appears to be a makerspace workshop.

Jun 12, 2025

MAD Community Highlights at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

Textile pieces with intricate patterns hang on a line strung between two old brick buildings, swaying in the breeze under a blue sky with light clouds.

Jun 9, 2025

Communities at the Center

Young woman wearing a black shirt, seating and smiling in a makerspace. 3D printing tools in the background.

Jun 3, 2025

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

Smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, wearing a black top, seated in a modern workshop or makerspace with equipment and yellow desk lamps in the background.

May 16, 2025

Event Replay: MAD in Dialogue

May 15, 2025

Merging Design and Computer Science in Creative Ways

Apr 9, 2025

Improving breast prostheses for mastectomy patients

Apr 4, 2025

Luna: A Moon on Earth

Apr 2, 2025

Cultivators of Research

Feb 18, 2025

Looking deep to see wide and far

Feb 17, 2025

Designing for extreme environments

Feb 3, 2025

Call for Design Curriculum and Class Proposals

Jan 17, 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

Tackling the Energy Revolution, One Sector at a Time

Dec 18, 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

N52 Space Reservation

A narrow courtyard between two brick industrial buildings is covered in dense green ivy. Tall windows line the walls, some with geometric designs visible inside. Sunlight casts strong shadows across the ivy-covered wall at the back.

Oct 17, 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

MITdesignX Pitch Day Replay — 2024 Edition

A woman speaks into a microphone in front of a large audience in a bright, modern auditorium. A second woman stands at a podium nearby. Behind them, a large multi-screen display shows a colorful image of a crowded outdoor event. The audience includes people of various ages, attentively watching the presentation.

Jun 28, 2024

Designers for the Future Event Replay

May 14, 2024

2024 MAD Design Fellows Announced at the MIT Museum

May 2, 2024

MIT Goes MAD for Making

Mar 8, 2024

Why Should You Have a Portfolio? New Consolidated Resources for Students

Jan 16, 2024

Designing Effective Applications

Dec 11, 2023

Design Fellowship Info Session Replay, Dec 2023

Dec 7, 2023

2024 Design Fellowship Call for Applications

Nov 21, 2023

The Value of Handcraft in the Makerspace Experience

Nov 7, 2023

MITdesignX Call for Applications Now Open

Oct 3, 2023

MITdesignX and Project Manus Collaborate to Empower Student Innovation

Sep 11, 2023

Design for Society: “Design Requires Courage”

Apr 24, 2023

2023–24 Design Fellowship

Jan 5, 2023

Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science 2023

Dec 6, 2022

Developing Community Around Design

Oct 17, 2022

From Major to Minor, Design Proves Key at MIT

Oct 2, 2022