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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.



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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Unlearning the Anthropocene: TAKK—Mireia Luzárraga

MAD-supported, Lecture
Oct 8, 2026
CON-VIVERE, The Edible Tower, is an architectural display that stands covered in natural materials like draping leaves and wooden frames in a light-filled gallery.

MIT Future Fest

Cambridge Science Festival, Book Launch / Author Talk, Panel / Roundtable, MAD-supported, Exhibition / Installation, Open Studio / Showcase, Conference, Film Screening, Lecture
Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2026
Above a group of silhouetted figures, the MIT Future Fest logo glows on a glass wall.

An Evening with Alex Counts

Book Launch / Author Talk, MAD-supported, Panel / Roundtable, D-Lab
Sep 15, 2026
Alex Counts speaks intently with two women wearing traditional dress.

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

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  • MIT Scholarships: Alexandra Coston ’26 Keeps Exploring
  • DesignX named on TIME Best Accelerators of 2026
  • Reflections on the runway: MIT Gala marks four years of design community

EventsView All

  • MAD Tea Party: Decorate pumpkins!
  • What Are People For: Design Philosophy by Patrick Whitney
  • Day of Design: Adapt

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

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