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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
Communities at the Center
At MIT, Musicians Make New Tools for New Tunes
Designing a First Year at MIT
Design + Education: an interview with Paola Antonelli
Grad student combines technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning
Event Replay: MAD in Dialogue
MIT Community at the Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Carlo Ratti
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MAD at the Venice Biennale
May 10 – Nov 23, 2025
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VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other
AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture
Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics
Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally
Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users
Human-AI interaction in generative 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
Portable Kitchens
Helping Children Engage with Climate Change Through Play
Nature-based solutions for coastal resilience
Smart textile systems
Shaping future designers
Using technology to improve life in informal settlements
Deployable Water Desalination System
Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials
VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other
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MAD at the Venice Biennale
May 10 – Nov 23, 2025
