What does a designer actually do?

Is there a design formula? A global interview project.

MIT Gala offers MET Gala some very-MIT competition

Watch the ALBERS x MIT event replay

At the Venice Biennale, VAMO proposes an alternative to architectural permanence

Using software tools & makerspace resources, MIT community members learn techniques to quilt detailed designs

MAD community highlights at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

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

At MIT, musicians make new tools for new tunes

Events

Projects

Deployable Water Desalination System

Jonathan Bessette

2022 MAD Fellow, Engineer, Humanitarian
2022 Fellows

Advancing computational design and fabrication through metamaterials

Liane Makatura

2023 MAD Fellow, Computer Scientist, Mathematician, Human-Centered Designer
2023 Fellows

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

Pattie Maes, Falk Uebernickel

Professor of Media Technology; Germeshausen Professor,
HPI–MIT Designing for Sustainability, HPI–MIT Designing for Sustainability

AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture