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Two initiatives awarded MAD curriculum support to transform design education



Collaborating with the force of nature



Now Open: Fall 2025 Call for Design Events



What does a designer actually do?



Is there a design formula?



MIT Gala offers MET Gala some very-MIT competition, including a dress with morse code hidden in the beadwork



Watch the ALBERS x MIT event replay



Cyclical Vision: VAMO Proposes an Alternative to Architectural Permanence



Designing quilts with foundation paper piecing



MAD Community Highlights at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale



MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration



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



Communities at the Center



At MIT, Musicians Make New Tools for New Tunes



Designing a First Year at MIT



Design + Education: an interview with Paola Antonelli



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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

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

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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Collaborative Augmented Reality-Guided Mud Formwork for Optimized Structural Construction in Remote Areas

Rodrigo Gallardo

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
A data visualization dashboard displaying weather data for Seattle, with scatter and bar plots showing daily temperature trends over time. Colored dots represent different weather types (drizzle, rain, sun, snow, fog), with temperature on the Y-axis and date on the X-axis. Below, horizontal bar charts show the count of records for each weather type. The interface includes controls for interactions, filters, encoding, and visual grouping.

Human-AI interaction in generative design

Jana Saadi
Two women sit at a desk working on a 3D model displayed on a large desktop monitor in a computer lab or design classroom. One is using the mouse to interact with the software, while the other looks on and smiles.

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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  • Two initiatives awarded MAD curriculum support to transform design education
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  • Now Open: Fall 2025 Call for Design Events

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  • 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

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