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MAD Associate Director Maria C. Yang named Interim Dean of Engineering

Advances in Architectural Geometry Symposium is coming to MIT

MIT D-Lab spinout True Moringa featured on CNN

iPod Inventor and Nest Founder Tony Fadell Named MAD’s Inaugural Designer in Residence

Quilting with astrophysicists

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

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MAD at the Venice Biennale

May 10 – Nov 23, 2025

Design Redefined: AI, Climate, and the Future We Design

Nov 6, 2025

From Process to Outcome

Nov 20, 2025

MIT D-Lab Student Showcase

Dec 4, 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

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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Design Redefined: AI, Climate, and the Future We Design
From Process to Outcome

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Automatic Example Generation for Babylonian Programming to facilitate Human-centric Domain Exploration
Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

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