MAD
in
Dialogue

Apr 29, 2025

About

Join us for MAD in Dialogue, a conversation with leading faculty on the future of design at MIT and beyond.

Through short talks and discussion, speakers will share their perspectives on the role of design in research, teaching, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

The event will also celebrate new appointments to named professorships at the Morningside Academy for Design and introduce the 2025 cohort of MAD Design Fellows.

A reception will follow.

Speakers

  • BEHNAZ FARAHI
    Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences; Director, Critical Matter Group, MIT Media Lab
  • SKYLAR TIBBITS
    Associate Professor, Architecture; Co-Founder and Director, MIT Self-Assembly Lab; Assistant Director for Education, Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)
  • DAVID WALLACE
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering; MacVicar Faculty Fellow; Class of 1960 Innovation in Education Fellow

Registration

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Information

April 29, 2025 5pm

MIT Welcome Center
292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA