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Making Things Worth Making: From First Principles to Product with Tony Fadell

MIT Researchers ‘Speak Objects into Existence’ using AI and Robotics

Event Replay—Making What Matters: A Conversation with MAD Designer in Residence, Tony Fadell

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

MIT D-Lab spinout True Moringa featured on CNN

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

Graduate student Swati Ravi facilitates collaborative quilt project for Kavli astrophysics community

Introducing the 2025 MAD Design Fellows

Events

2026 MAD IAP

Jan 5 – Jan 30, 2026

Designing Your Life

Jan 20, 2026

Hardcover book titled Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life" by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans. The blue cover features the words “DESIGNING YOUR LIFE in large white letters, overlaid with concentric circles of yellow dots on the outside, blue dots for next ring, and red dots for the innermost ring.

Making Things Worth Making

Workshop, Lecture, MITdesignX

Jan 30, 2026

Promotional graphic with the words “Making Things Worth Making” over a yellow-to-purple gradient background, alongside a black-and-white portrait of Tony Fadell wearing a black T-shirt, standing casually with hands in his pockets.

Projects