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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



Grad student combines technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning



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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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Design Miami: Beyond Human

Panel / Roundtable, Conference, Design Miami
Dec 6, 2024

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Making

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  • Research
  • Entrepreneurship

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  • Faculty Advisory Council
  • Student Advisory Council
  • MIT Design Ecosystem
  • Team

Resources

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  • K-12 / Teachers

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  • MIT Faculty

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  • Collaborating with the force of nature
  • Now Open: Fall 2025 Call for Design Events
  • What does a designer actually do?

Events

  • 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

About

  • MIT MAD
  • Design Fellowship
  • DesignPlus Learning Community
  • MIT D-Lab
  • Entrepreneurship—MITdesignX
  • MAD Making

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