What does a designer actually do?

Is there a design formula? A global interview project.

MIT Gala offers MET Gala some very-MIT competition

Watch the ALBERS x MIT event replay

At the Venice Biennale, VAMO proposes an alternative to architectural permanence

Using software tools & makerspace resources, MIT community members learn techniques to quilt detailed designs

MAD community highlights at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

The Morningside Academy for Design welcomes D-Lab into its growing design ecosystem

At MIT, musicians make new tools for new tunes

Events

Projects

Collaborative Augmented Reality-Guided Mud Formwork for Optimized Structural Construction in Remote Areas

Rodrigo Gallardo


Project Support

AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture

Deployable Water Desalination System

Jonathan Bessette

2022 MAD Fellow, Engineer, Humanitarian
2022 Fellows
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.

Human-AI interaction in generative design

Jana Saadi

2022 MAD Fellow, Engineer, Designer
2022 Fellows, Spring 2023 Speaker, 2022-23 AY