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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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13 Projects

Concrete Printed Bridge

Zane Schemmer
Stack of rectangular concrete blocks placed on top of a light-colored, 3D-printed concrete bridge-like structure with geometric supports, set on a wooden platform with colorful wires visible underneath.

Portable Kitchens

Justin Brazier

Nature-based solutions for coastal resilience

James Brice

Shaping future designers

Sandra Huffman

Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials

Liane Makatura

Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

Elijah Martin

Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally

Francesca Riccio-Ackerman

Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users

Jonathan Zong
A data visualization dashboard displaying weather data for Seattle, with scatter and bar plots showing daily temperature trends over time. Colored dots represent different weather types (drizzle, rain, sun, snow, fog), with temperature on the Y-axis and date on the X-axis. Below, horizontal bar charts show the count of records for each weather type. The interface includes controls for interactions, filters, encoding, and visual grouping.

Human-AI interaction in generative design

Jana Saadi
Two women sit at a desk working on a 3D model displayed on a large desktop monitor in a computer lab or design classroom. One is using the mouse to interact with the software, while the other looks on and smiles.

Helping Children Engage with Climate Change Through Play

Alexander S. Crease, Natha (Bam) Singhasaneh

Smart textile systems

Ganit Goldstein

Using technology to improve life in informal settlements

Surbhi Agrawal

Deployable Water Desalination System

Jonathan Bessette

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Community

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  • Faculty Advisory Council
  • Student Advisory Council
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  • Team

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  • K-12 / Teachers
  • MAD Annual Reports

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News

  • 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

Events

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

Projects

  • 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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