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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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MET Open House (MIT Future Fest)

Panel / Roundtable, Exhibition / Installation, Workshop, Open Studio / Showcase
Oct 3, 2026
The MET Warehouse at dusk.

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.

MIT Gala

Open Studio / Showcase, Exhibition / Installation
May 10, 2026

MIT D-Lab Spring Student Showcase

Open Studio / Showcase
May 7, 2026

MAD N52 Open Studio / Showcase

Open Studio / Showcase
Apr 17, 2026

MIT D-Lab Student Showcase

Open Studio / Showcase
Dec 4, 2025
A group of MIT D-Lab students pose together in a classroom, standing and kneeling around a prototype stretcher mounted on bicycle wheels. Some students wear matching t-shirts with a lightbulb logo, and others hold small devices.

Arts on the Radar 2025

Open Studio / Showcase
Sep 5, 2025

Arts on the Radar 2024

Open Studio / Showcase
Sep 6, 2024

Open Design Studio at MIT

Open Studio / Showcase, Boston Design Week
Apr 24, 2024

Arts on the Radar 2023

Open Studio / Showcase
Sep 8, 2023

Arts on the Radar 2022

Open Studio / Showcase
Sep 9 – Sep 10, 2022

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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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