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Designing a First Year at MIT



Design + Education: an interview with Paola Antonelli



Grad student combines technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning



Event Replay: MAD in Dialogue



MIT Community at the Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Carlo Ratti



Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named



Event Replay: Speculative Climate Design



Merging Design and Computer Science in Creative Ways



Improving breast prostheses for mastectomy patients



Luna: A Moon on Earth



Jack Bolte ’28 Uses Data to Enhance Swimming Performance



John Ochsendorf Named to The Curious 100 List



Shifting Light, Blooming Color



Event replay: Learning from Zurich’s Co-ops



Cultivators of Research



Looking deep to see wide and far



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MAD at the Venice Biennale

May 10 – Nov 23, 2025

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VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other

AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture

Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally

Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users

Human-AI interaction in generative design

Using AI and Immersive Technologies to Experience the Future Self and Support Sustainable Dietary Choices

Portable Kitchens

Helping Children Engage with Climate Change Through Play

Nature-based solutions for coastal resilience

Smart textile systems

Shaping future designers

Using technology to improve life in informal settlements

Deployable Water Desalination System

Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials

VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other

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13 Past Events

Rethinking Who Designs AI

Design Redefined, Panel / Roundtable
May 1, 2025

MAD in Dialogue

Panel / Roundtable
Apr 29, 2025

Designing With, Not For

DRS24 Conference, Panel / Roundtable
Jun 27, 2024

Shaping Shared Spaces

Design Redefined, Panel / Roundtable
May 2, 2024

Designers for the Future

Boston Design Week, Panel / Roundtable
May 1, 2024

Designing Experience

Design Redefined, Panel / Roundtable
Dec 7, 2023

Planetary Health: Indigenous Land, Peoples and Bodies

Panel / Roundtable
Nov 16, 2023

The Power of Design

Panel / Roundtable, The Power of Design, Workshop
Nov 15, 2023

Water is Life

Panel / Roundtable
Sep 26, 2023

Tomorrow’s Designers, Designing Today

Boston Design Week, Panel / Roundtable
May 3, 2023

Making Sustainable Design

Boston Design Week, Panel / Roundtable
Apr 26, 2023

Decolonizing Design

Lecture, Panel / Roundtable
Mar 3, 2023

The Power of Design

Panel / Roundtable, The Power of Design
Oct 18, 2022

Learning

  • Undergraduates
  • Graduates
  • Faculty & Advising
  • Design Courses at MIT

Making

  • MIT Maker Culture
  • Labs & Facilities

Research & Innovation

  • Research
  • Entrepreneurship

Community

  • Design Fellows
  • DesignPlus Advisors
  • Faculty Advisory Council
  • Student Advisory Council
  • MIT Design Ecosystem
  • Team

Resources

  • Design Library
  • K-12 / Teachers

Applications

  • MIT Students
  • K–12 teachers / Educators
  • MIT Faculty

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News

  • Designing a First Year at MIT
  • Design + Education: an interview with Paola Antonelli
  • Grad student combines technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning

Events

  • MAD at the Venice Biennale

Projects

  • VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other
  • AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture
  • Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

About

  • MIT MAD
  • Design Fellowship
  • DesignPlus Learning Community
  • MAD Making
  • Entrepreneurship—MITdesignX

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Room Reservation

Inclusivity & Accessibility