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Enter in the MAD sticker contest!



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.



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.

Connecting Gaia Exhibition



A new exhibition at the MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery defies the distinctions between technology and biology, art and science, exploring and advancing our planet’s net of connections.

Scott Stern, MAD Faculty Advisory Council Member, wins Seegal Faculty Prize



The award recognizes is awarded a professor “who inspires students in pursuing and achieving excellence.”

Introducing the 2026 MAD Design Fellows



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An Evening with Alex Counts

Sep 15, 2026

MAD Mixer for MAD, MIT D-Lab, designX students

Sep 24, 2026

MIT Future Fest

Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2026

MET Open House (MIT Future Fest)

Oct 3, 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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  • MIT–HPI Designing for Sustainability
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  • MAD Annual Reports

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MAD Portfolio Workshop Series

MAD-supported, Workshop
Mar 9, 2026
Green graphic with a dark green abstract shape in the center and large text reading “Communicating Research” with smaller white text in the top left corner that says “MAD Portfolio Workshop Series.”

MAD Portfolio Workshop Series

MAD-supported, Workshop
Mar 2, 2026
Bright orange graphic with a bold yellow abstract shape in the center and large text reading “Portfolio Foundations,” with smaller white text in the top left corner that says “MAD Portfolio Workshop Series.”

Encoding–Decoding Constellations

Exhibition / Installation, MAD-supported
Dec 10 – Jan 25, 2026
Intricate white geometric patterns resembling lace against a dark background, some in focus, some blurred.

Shaping New Realities

Workshop, MAD-supported
Oct 28, 2025
Two students in a classroom setting use virtual reality headsets. One student wears a black shirt and headset while extending his arm and pointing forward. Another student, standing beside him in glasses and a black shirt with an MIT logo, gestures with his hand as if guiding him. In the background, a third student also wears a headset and gestures with his hand.

Generative AI for Design

Workshop, MAD-supported
May 2, 2025

Territorial Design

Panel / Roundtable, Exhibition / Installation, MAD-supported
Apr 18, 2025

Gaze to the Stars

Exhibition / Installation, MAD-supported
Mar 14 – Mar 15, 2025

MIT Energy & Climate Hack

Hackathon, MAD-supported
Nov 15 – Nov 17, 2024

MIT Generative AI Week

Conference, MAD-supported
Nov 28 – Dec 1, 2023

Planetary Health: Indigenous Land, Peoples and Bodies

Panel / Roundtable, MAD-supported
Nov 16, 2023

Water is Life

Panel / Roundtable, MAD-supported
Sep 26, 2023

Learning

  • Undergraduates
  • Graduate Students
  • Faculty & Advising
  • Design Courses at MIT
  • Day of Design (K–12)

Making

  • Under construction: Making at MAD

Research & Innovation

  • MIT and HPI AI and Creativity Hub (MHACH)
  • MIT–HPI Designing for Sustainability
  • Entrepreneurship

Community

  • Design Fellows
  • DesignPlus Advisors
  • Faculty Advisory Council
  • Student Advisory Council
  • Designers in Residence
  • MIT MAD/WPS Teacher Innovation Fellows
  • MIT Design Ecosystem
  • Team

Resources

  • Design Library
  • K-12 Educators
  • MAD Annual Reports

Applications

  • MIT Students
  • K–12 Educators
  • MIT Faculty

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  • Enter in the MAD sticker contest!
  • Future Fest releases inaugural lineup
  • Met Warehouse opens as the new home of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning

EventsView All

  • An Evening with Alex Counts
  • MAD Mixer for MAD, MIT D-Lab, designX students
  • MIT Future Fest

ProjectsView All

  • 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

About

  • MIT MAD
  • Design Fellowship
  • DesignPlus Learning Community
  • Entrepreneurship—MITdesignX
  • MIT D-Lab

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