MIT Morningside Academy for Design

🏡 Meet Zane Schemmer! Zane is a PhD student @mit_cee combining Design + Optimization in his research to minimize the carbon footprint of the built environment by designing efficient structures that consider the availability of local materials. @MITEngineering

@MIT_CEE @MITEngineering "A good design in structural engineering creates a space that connects communities. It is influenced by the ideas and materials of the local region. [It] has the ability to exist for years and inspire multiple generations." @MITEngineering — Zane Schemmer, 2024 MAD Design Fellow

MIT MAD's Roi Salgueiro Barrio alongside architect Manuel Bouzas Barcala have been selected as curators of the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2025. 🎊 Read more at @mitsap @mit

Sharing out the Community Engaged Learning workshop series from our friends @MITPKG! 🔹 Nov 12: Clinical Approaches to Community Engaged Learning 🔹 Dec 10: Global Partnerships 🔹 Jan 7: Reflective Practices Please RSVP here:

MIT students! Join an infosession with @mistiatmit to learn about undergrad and grad internship opportunities abroad to develop your design, architecture, or urban planning career. Nov 13 12:30—2:00 PM Lunch served in-person + Zoom option at @mitsap

Join authors Carissa Carter (@snowflyzone) and @scottdoorley from the @stanforddschool for a discussion on their book "Assembling Tomorrow." November 13 6–7:30pm MIT Building 7–429 Long Lounge Cambridge, MA RSVP and more details:

🧬 Designers of all ages are invited to Design Redefined: Designing with Life! Hear speakers from @wyssinstitute, @medtechawards, @harvardgsd, + @medialab in a panel on biotechnology and design at this FREE event. Nov. 7, 2024 4–6pm @mitmuseum Details:

🍁🎮 The replay of Level Up Game Design is now live—learn from experts & enthusiasts in a panel discussion on the role of identity, narrative, & community in driving the popularity of contemporary games. @mit 👀 Watch at © Michael J Clarke / CSF 2024

Do you have an idea that can scale & make an impact? Start your application to join MITdesignX 2025! Over the past 8 years, over 80 teams have launched ventures through @MITdesignX, driving positive change worldwide.  🚀 APPLY & + details at @mit @mitsap

👀 Read @techreview's profile of Skylar Tibbits: Ass. Prof. of design research @MITarchitecture + MAD's assistant director for education. He's developing “4D printing,” where materials can change shape or adapt over time. @mit @mitsap

TOMORROW! 🖊️ ✨ Bob Weis, former president of Walt Disney Imagineering, is coming to MIT for a signing of his memoir "Dream Chasing," on his four-decade long career dreaming up designs for the Disney universe. @mitpbookstore @MITSloan @mit October 24, 2024 5PM E52-164 Cambridge

🧠 DESIGN + CREATIVITY: Neuroscientist Lila Chrysikou (@drexeluniv, @tsfnc) shares with MIT MAD how creativity can be stimulated for more inventive designs. Watch: @mit

🪢 Scaling Softness: Janet Echelman, Caitlin Mueller (@mit_cee, @mitarchitecture), and moderator Gloria Sutton (@northeastern) for a presentation + preview of a new installation @mitmuseum coming fall 2025. ➡️ Register for the 10/24 event: @artsatmit

Welcome 2024 Design Fellow Dení López! A PhD candidate @mitdusp, Dení practices Design + Social Justice as she studies disaster risk and governance using the lens of participatory action research (PAR). @mit @mitsap

@MITdusp @MIT @mitsap "Good design goes beyond aesthetics or function; it’s about using creativity and problem-solving to promote equity, justice, and community empowerment." — 2024 MIT MAD Design Fellow Dení López @mitdusp @mit @mitsap

Designed by Omnivore ( — find MAD's fall 2024 posters around campus featuring highlighted MIT design courses, design events, and makerspaces. EVENTS ~ MAD LAB ~ COURSES ~

Meet MAD Fellow Alexander Htet Kyaw, a designer working in Design + Generative AI for Robotics to challenge conventional manufacturing and fabrication practices. He is a grad student in @mitarchitecture & @miteecs and an alum of @mitdesignx where he co-founded BendShelters.

@MITarchitecture @MITEECS @mitdesignx "Design should be adaptable to changes and capable of evolving with new requirements and constraints." — Alexander Htet Kyaw, 2024 MAD Design Fellow @mitarchitecture & @miteecs

📙 10/16: Join Michael Sheldrick, founder of anti-poverty org @GlblCtzn, for a conversation + signing for his new book “From Ideas to Impact: A Playbook for Influencing & Implementing Change in a Divided World” 🔍 Find details at @mit_cis @MITdusp @mitsap

🔨 MIT first-years! Register for the Makerspace 1st-Year Training Program (M1T) to earn access to key makerspaces, common tools, Makerbucks, and a cool new t-shirt! 👏 to J. Osserman for designing the M1T graphic identity + modeling swag! Details: