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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.

Announcing the launch of MIT Future Fest: Where the future is made

MIT MAD is Hiring a Program and Research Administrator

Designing a career, on and off the track, at MIT

Senior Krystal Montgomery explored design courses to shape a career in web development. As a national champion in track, learning to balance athletics and academics was key to her success.

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MAD Tea Party: Decorate pumpkins!

Oct 21, 2026

What Are People For: Design Philosophy by Patrick Whitney

Oct 24, 2026

Day of Design: Adapt

Oct 28, 2026

MAD Tea Party

Oct 28, 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

Portable Kitchens

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Alex Counts speaks intently with two women wearing traditional dress.

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Automatic Example Generation for Babylonian Programming to facilitate Human-centric Domain Exploration
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