MAD in Dialogue

MAD announces three Named Professorships and a new cohort of Design Fellows with talks and a conversation on the future of design education.

By MIT Morningside Academy for Design

Date and time

Tuesday, April 29 · 5 - 7pm EDT

Location

MIT Welcome Center

292 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

Join us for MAD in Dialogue, a conversation with leading faculty on the future of design at MIT and beyond.

Through short talks and discussion, speakers will share their perspectives on the role of design in research, teaching, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

The event will also celebrate new appointments to named professorships at the Morningside Academy for Design and introduce the 2025 cohort of MAD Design Fellows.

A reception will follow.

SPEAKERS

BEHNAZ FARAHI
Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences; Director, Critical Matter Group, MIT Media Lab
SKYLAR TIBBITS
Associate Professor, Architecture; Co-Founder and Director, MIT Self-Assembly Lab; Assistant Director for Education, Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)
DAVID WALLACE
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; MacVicar Faculty Fellow; Class of 1960 Innovation in Education Fellow

Organized by

MIT Morningside Academy for Design

The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) is an interdisciplinary hub for design education, research, and entrepreneurship. MAD aims to educate future generations in design, foster design innovation, and encourage entrepreneurship to empower individual and collective problem-solving capacity around the globe.