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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



Event Replay: MAD in Dialogue



MIT Community at the Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Carlo Ratti



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



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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

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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27 Past Events

Rethinking Who Designs AI

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
May 1, 2025

ALBERS x MIT

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop
Apr 30, 2025

MAD in Dialogue

Panel / Roundtable
Apr 29, 2025

Territorial Design

Panel / Roundtable, Exhibition / Installation, MAD-supported
Apr 18, 2025

Speculative Climate Design

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
Feb 27, 2025

Learning from Zurich’s Co-ops

Panel / Roundtable, Book Launch
Feb 26, 2025

Design Miami: Beyond Human

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

Designing with Life

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
Nov 7, 2024

From Ideas to Impact

Book Launch, Panel / Roundtable
Oct 16, 2024

Level Up Game Design

Workshop, Panel / Roundtable, Cambridge Science Festival, The Power of Design
Sep 26, 2024

Designing With, Not For

Panel / Roundtable, DRS24 Conference
Jun 27, 2024

Writing on Design

Panel / Roundtable, Book Launch, DRS24 Conference
Jun 27, 2024

Shaping Shared Spaces

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
May 2, 2024

Designers for the Future

Panel / Roundtable, Boston Design Week
May 1, 2024

How to Design a Revolution

Book Launch, Panel / Roundtable, Exhibition / Installation
Mar 11, 2024

Designing Inclusion in AI

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
Mar 7, 2024

Designing Experience

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
Dec 7, 2023

Planetary Health: Indigenous Land, Peoples and Bodies

Panel / Roundtable, MAD-supported
Nov 16, 2023

The Power of Design

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, The Power of Design
Nov 15, 2023

Designing Accessibility

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
Oct 25, 2023

Water is Life

Panel / Roundtable, MAD-supported
Sep 26, 2023

On Wonder

Performance, Lecture, Panel / Roundtable
Sep 20, 2023

Designing Justice

Panel / Roundtable, Workshop, Design Redefined
May 5, 2023

Tomorrow’s Designers, Designing Today

Panel / Roundtable, Boston Design Week
May 3, 2023

Making Sustainable Design

Panel / Roundtable, Boston Design Week
Apr 26, 2023

Decolonizing Design

Lecture, Panel / Roundtable
Mar 3, 2023

The Power of Design

Panel / Roundtable, The Power of Design
Oct 18, 2022

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Community

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

Resources

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  • MAD Community Highlights at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
  • MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration

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

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