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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



Designing for extreme environments



Lessons from the Highlands

Design + Curiosity: Interview with Jessica Banks



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MAD at the Venice Biennale

May 10 – Nov 23, 2025

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Smart textile systems

Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials

Portable Kitchens

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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VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other

AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture

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

Pattie Maes, Falk Uebernickel

Portable Kitchens

Justin Brazier

Nature-based solutions for coastal resilience

James Brice

Shaping future designers

Sandra Huffman

Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials

Liane Makatura

Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics

Elijah Martin

Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally

Francesca Riccio-Ackerman

Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users

Jonathan Zong

Human-AI interaction in generative design

Jana Saadi

Helping Children Engage with Climate Change Through Play

Alexander S. Crease, Natha (Bam) Singhasaneh

Smart textile systems

Ganit Goldstein

Using technology to improve life in informal settlements

Surbhi Agrawal

Deployable Water Desalination System

Jonathan Bessette

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  • MIT Community at the Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Carlo Ratti

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  • MAD at the Venice Biennale

Projects

  • Smart textile systems
  • Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials
  • Portable Kitchens

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