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MAD Tea Parties: Fall 2026
Every Wednesday from 5-6:30pm, all MIT students are invited to drop by W41-1402 for a design activity and snacks
Learning to dive deep + tackle thorny problems through design
Interdisciplinary participants share reflections from the Boston-Cambridge celebrations surrounding Gary Hustwit’s new film, What Are People For: Design Philosophy by Patrick Whitney.
MIT-LUMA Lab releases 2026 call for proposals
MIT Scholarships: Alexandra Coston ’26 Keeps Exploring
Alexandra's projects with MAD K-12 identified design principles and translated them into curricula.
DesignX named on TIME Best Accelerators of 2026
DesignX joins a list by TIME of leading accelerators and incubators across the country, including major players such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and The Engine.
Reflections on the runway: MIT Gala marks four years of design community
The annual student-led fashion show builds leaders in design.
MAD sticker contest: Deadline extended to 9/23!
Calling MIT illustrators, artists, and designers: MIT MAD is seeking designs for a sticker contest with a chance to win an exclusive MAD goodie bag!
Future Fest releases inaugural lineup
Met Warehouse opens as the new home of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning
In a feat of adaptive reuse, a massive, century-old brick storage facility has been turned into a contemporary hub for collaboration and creative work.
Reflecting on the Inaugural Day of Design
As we look forward to this year's Day of Design: Adapt, we’re reflecting on the connections and creativity from 2025’s inaugural event.
3D-printed bridge points the way to greener construction
2024 MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer and Hajin Kim-Tackowiak, MIT researchers, developed a framework that folds a printer’s real-world limits into the optimization.
Beyond-Sports and MITdesignX to Launch Startup Accelerator for NFL Athletes
Retiring NFL Player Collin Johnson Collaborating with MITdesignX
MIT MAD affiliate MITdesignX is Hiring a Director of Activation and Communication
Addressing the impacts of invasive aquatic weeds in the Lake Volta region
Miso Chic, a PhD student at MIT brings an engineering mindset to the art of drag performance—and it’s paying off.
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Exhibition: Polymaths
Oct 3 – Jan 29, 2027
MAD Tea Party: Starting a design portfolio
Nov 4, 2026
Design10X Summit: Futures in the Making
Nov 5, 2026
Participatory Design and Community Engagement in Humanitarian Innovation Showcase
Nov 13 – Nov 14, 2026
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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
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MAD Tea Party: Encoding and Decoding Drawing
Every Wednesday from 5-6:30pm, all MIT students are invited to drop by W41-1402 for a design activity and snacks
Dec 2, 2026