MAD

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Reflecting on the Inaugural Day of Design

Aug 12, 2026

Introducing the 2026 MAD Design Fellows

AnnouncementsApr 27, 2026

Katherine Higgins

Introducing the 2025 MAD Design Fellows

AnnouncementsAug 28, 2025

Adélaïde Zollinger

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MAS.S60 Critical Matter: Emotive Design from Fashion to Urban Scale

AnnouncementsAug 28, 2025

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MIT launches Day of Design to bring hands-on learning to classrooms

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Aug 25, 2025

What does a designer actually do?

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Jun 26, 2025

Is there a design formula?

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Jun 26, 2025

Watch the ALBERS x MIT event replay

Jun 17, 2025

Designing quilts with foundation paper piecing

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Jun 12, 2025

The MIT Morningside Academy for Design welcomes D-Lab into its growing design ecosystem

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Jun 5, 2025

Designing a First Year at MIT

May 27, 2025

Design + Education: an interview with Paola Antonelli

May 21, 2025

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

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May 16, 2025

Event Replay: MAD in Dialogue

May 15, 2025

Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named

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Apr 30, 2025

John Ochsendorf Named to The Curious 100 List

Mar 17, 2025

Shifting Light, Blooming Color

Mar 13, 2025

Cultivators of Research

Feb 18, 2025

Looking deep to see wide and far

Feb 17, 2025

Design + Curiosity: Interview with Jessica Banks

Jan 22, 2025

Call for Design Curriculum and Class Proposals

Jan 17, 2025

Call for Teachers: K–12 Innovation Fellowship

Jan 14, 2025

Discovering the freedom and fun of art without rules

Jan 14, 2025

MIT Students’ Work Redefine Human-AI Collaboration at NeurIPS

Jan 7, 2025

“Questions as Tools,” Featuring MAD’s Director John Ochsendorf

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Jan 7, 2025

Watch the Replay of Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Design

Dec 12, 2024

MITdesignX LUMA Design Innovation Studio Call for Applications

Dec 8, 2024

The 2025 MAD Design Fellowship Call for Applications is now open

Nov 27, 2024

Betting on Curiosity: Kevin Bethune shares insights with MIT design community

Nov 26, 2024

3 Questions: Claire Wang on training the brain for memory sports

Nov 22, 2024

“Mens et manus” in Guatemala

Nov 18, 2024

Finding a sweet spot between radical and relevant

Nov 14, 2024

Fusing science and culture through metalsmithing

Nov 4, 2024

Watch Jessica Banks’ Love Letter to the Unmade

Oct 24, 2024

Design + Creativity: Interview with Neuroscientist Lila Chrysikou

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Oct 8, 2024

Podcast: Scratching the Surface, with John Ochsendorf

Oct 4, 2024

Event Replay: Level Up Game Design Panel Discussion

Oct 1, 2024

Take a Public Tour of MIT D-Lab!

Sep 17, 2024

Fall 2024: Highlighted Design Courses in the Department of Architecture

Aug 26, 2024

Fall 2024: MITdesignX Courses

Aug 26, 2024

Fall 2024: MIT D-Lab Courses

Aug 26, 2024

Design + Typography: Interview with Matthew Carter

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Aug 7, 2024

MIT Theater Students Learn Design Through the Power of Play

Jul 30, 2024

DRS 2024 Event Replays: On Design Writing and Engaging Communities

Jul 22, 2024

The Design Research Conference 2024 Will Be Hosted at MIT on June 27

Jun 21, 2024

Design + Innovation: Interview with Allison Arieff

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Jun 20, 2024

Sophia Chen: It’s our duty to make the world better through empathy, patience, and respect

May 29, 2024

New MIT-LUMA Lab created to address climate challenges in the Mediterranean region

May 29, 2024

DesignPlus: Creating Hands-On Experiences for Students in MIT’s Forge

May 20, 2024

From Insights to Impact: The MITdesignX 2024 Cohort Proposes Ventures for a More Sustainable World

May 7, 2024

2024 MAD Design Fellows Announced at the MIT Museum

May 2, 2024

Putting User Needs on the Map

Apr 26, 2024

Curiosity Unbounded, with Skylar Tibbits: Staying radical and relevant

Mar 11, 2024

MIT Goes MAD for Making

Mar 8, 2024

4.110 Design Across Scales Announces its 2024 Spring Semester Guest Speakers

Feb 6, 2024

Why Should You Have a Portfolio? New Consolidated Resources for Students

Jan 16, 2024

Nervous System Designers Join Over MAD IAP

Dec 22, 2023

Designing Effective Applications

Dec 11, 2023

Design Fellowship Info Session Replay, Dec 2023

Dec 7, 2023

A Q&A with Engineer, Educator and YouTuber Mark Rober

Dec 4, 2023

2024 Design Fellowship Call for Applications

Nov 21, 2023

The Value of Handcraft in the Makerspace Experience

Nov 7, 2023

MITdesignX Extends Its Reach With Seven Highly Successful International Programs

Oct 30, 2023

Mark Rober Explores MIT’s Maker Alley

Sep 13, 2023

MITdesignX and Project Manus Collaborate to Empower Student Innovation

Sep 11, 2023

MIT D-Lab 2023 Fall Classes

Aug 25, 2023

Mark Rober Sparks “Playful Anarchy” in the MIT Design Community

Jun 13, 2023

Bringing Design Education to K-12 Students

Apr 21, 2023

DesignPlus – A Learning Community

Feb 15, 2023

“Can We Make the Climate Change Talk More Approachable?”

Feb 6, 2023

Design Central

Dec 19, 2022

New Research Collaboration Aims to Tackle Global Societal Challenges Through Design

Nov 8, 2022

Developing Community Around Design

Oct 17, 2022

From Major to Minor, Design Proves Key at MIT

Oct 2, 2022

A New Academy, A New Dawn for Design

Oct 2, 2022