MIT Morningside Academy for Design

Interdisciplinary design education at MIT & beyond. Programs, fellowships, events & resources for students & researchers to learn, innovate, & create.

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@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

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🏡 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

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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 https://t.co/YWhDAVjp99.
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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: https://t.co/494esvvJgz

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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 https://t.co/m9uNtqD2ze

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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: https://t.co/CItPsGewVe

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🧬 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: https://t.co/V3RdONPCYd

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🍁🎮 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 https://t.co/neslxmeFlL
© Michael J Clarke / CSF 2024

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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 https://t.co/RY3DdZg9Ao
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👀 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. https://t.co/mASmV51dKq
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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

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

Watch: https://t.co/c7TU8yjpcL

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🪢 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: https://t.co/5MLW8RFXmx

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@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

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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

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Designed by Omnivore (https://t.co/jJpVXDihFJ) — find MAD's fall 2024 posters around campus featuring highlighted MIT design courses, design events, and makerspaces.

EVENTS ~ https://t.co/xo1z2JKyUB
MAD LAB ~ https://t.co/e8nKsW9Rk0
COURSES ~ https://t.co/FQmwCHR44f

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@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

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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.

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📙 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 https://t.co/74qrmFRlih
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🔨 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: https://t.co/r5TJzcgibq