Skip to Content
Projects
Projects
News
View All
1
/
16
Enter in the MAD sticker contest!
Calling MIT illustrators, artists, and designers: MIT MAD is seeking designs for a sticker contest with a chance to win an exclusive MAD goodie bag!
Future Fest releases inaugural lineup
Met Warehouse opens as the new home of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning
In a feat of adaptive reuse, a massive, century-old brick storage facility has been turned into a contemporary hub for collaboration and creative work.
Reflecting on the Inaugural Day of Design
As we look forward to this year's Day of Design: Adapt, we’re reflecting on the connections and creativity from 2025’s inaugural event.
3D-printed bridge points the way to greener construction
2024 MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer and Hajin Kim-Tackowiak, MIT researchers, developed a framework that folds a printer’s real-world limits into the optimization.
Beyond-Sports and MITdesignX to Launch Startup Accelerator for NFL Athletes
Retiring NFL Player Collin Johnson Collaborating with MITdesignX
MIT MAD affiliate MITdesignX is Hiring a Director of Activation and Communication
Addressing the impacts of invasive aquatic weeds in the Lake Volta region
Miso Chic, a PhD student at MIT brings an engineering mindset to the art of drag performance—and it’s paying off.
Announcing the launch of MIT Future Fest: Where the future is made
MIT MAD is Hiring a Program and Research Administrator
Designing a career, on and off the track, at MIT
Senior Krystal Montgomery explored design courses to shape a career in web development. As a national champion in track, learning to balance athletics and academics was key to her success.
Connecting Gaia Exhibition
A new exhibition at the MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery defies the distinctions between technology and biology, art and science, exploring and advancing our planet’s net of connections.
Scott Stern, MAD Faculty Advisory Council Member, wins Seegal Faculty Prize
The award recognizes is awarded a professor “who inspires students in pursuing and achieving excellence.”
Introducing the 2026 MAD Design Fellows
Events
View All
1
/
4
MIT Future Fest
Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2026
MET Open House (MIT Future Fest)
Oct 3, 2026
Exhibition: Polymaths
Oct 3, 2026
Day of Design: Adapt
Oct 28, 2026
Projects
View All
1
/
17
VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other
Automatic Example Generation for Babylonian Programming to facilitate Human-centric Domain Exploration
Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics
The Design of Sustainable Academic Entrepreneurship Ecosystems for AI-Driven Venture Success
Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally
Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users
Plug-and-Play: Increasing Autonomy in Apartment Living With Flexible Modular Design
Concrete Printed Bridge
AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture
Human-AI interaction in generative design
2D Magnetic Material for Sustainable AI
AI-Powered Startup Design for the Anthropocene
AI-Empowered Architect: Connecting Creativity with Efficiency for Sustainable Structures 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
Predicting Functional Effects of Genetic Variants
Portable Kitchens
Learning
Undergraduates
Graduate Students
Faculty & Advising
Design Courses at MIT
Day of Design (K–12)
Making
MIT Maker Culture
Labs & Facilities
Research & Innovation
MIT and HPI AI and Creativity Hub (MHACH)
MIT–HPI Designing for Sustainability
Entrepreneurship
Community
Design Fellows
DesignPlus Advisors
Faculty Advisory Council
Student Advisory Council
Designers in Residence
MIT MAD/WPS Teacher Innovation Fellows
MIT Design Ecosystem
Team
Resources
Design Library
K-12 Educators
MAD Annual Reports
Applications
MIT Students
K–12 Educators
MIT Faculty
About
MIT MAD
Design Fellowship
DesignPlus Learning Community
Entrepreneurship—MITdesignX
MIT D-Lab
MAD Making
Contact
Room Reservation
Inclusivity &
Accessibility
Sign up for Mad News!
265 Massachusetts Ave
Bldg N52-373, Cambridge, MA 02139
High Contrast
Off
On
Architecture
Computation
Design Fellow
Education
Engineering
HPI–MIT Designing for Sustainability
Health
MAD Funding
Science & Technology
Social Impact
Sustainability
Textiles
Urban Planning
Venice Architecture Biennale
Cancel
Apply
3 Projects
Health
Filters
Optimization of Natural Fiber Prosthetic Socket Manufacturing Method for Sierra Leone
Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally
Francesca Riccio-Ackerman
Deployable Water Desalination System
Jonathan Bessette
