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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

Call for Design Curriculum and Class Proposals

Call for Teachers: K–12 Innovation Fellowship

Discovering the freedom and fun of art without rules

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Not Here, Not Now

May 7, 2025

MAD at the Venice Biennale

May 10, 2025

MITdesignX Demo + Pitch Day 2025

May 16, 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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MITdesignX Demo + Pitch Day 2025

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