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The iPod is celebrating its 25th birthday this fall, and its "father," Tony Fadell (@tfadell), is joining us at MIT Future Fest for a conversation about the future of objects with Marcelo Coelho (@marcelosco), Director of MIT's Design Intelligence Lab.

Friday, October 2, 2026
3:30 PM
MET Warehouse
Tickets at MITFutureFest.org by @designatmit

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14 days ago

Musical Chair - a hand-built Windsor chair that turns touch into sound.

Built from white oak, the chair brings furniture and music together. Playing starts by sitting backward, facing the spindle back, where the touch of a fingertip can create a musical
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Ten brass plates embedded in the spindles act as capacitive touch sensors. Eight play notes, while two switch between instrument sounds and control live looping. Tap a spindle to play a note, hold to sustain it, and layer loops to build a composition. A Raspberry Pi enclosed under the seat processes touch in real time. Sound plays through a Bluetooth speaker cased in a matching oak housing.

This improvised performance by Antonis Christou shows the chair in action, filmed at MIT’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall with support from @artsatmit.

Chair by @cjacobpayne
Instructed by Chris Dewart @mit_furniture

Windsor chair design adapted from licensed woodworking plans by Bibbings & Hensby taken in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by @designatmit

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16 days ago

Wonderful visit from @lcdsoundsystem to MIT this weekend!

Thanks to everyone for sharing their incredible work on new materials, fabrication, and physical AI. @cjacobpayne @berfinataman @mateoferfer @cyrusclarke @ethanchang.design @skylartibbits And to @nancywhang and @whitneybedford for making this all happen. 🔥

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5 months ago

At the @hardmodemit hackathon, we tried to rethink what future ai in objects should look like…

When we think of giving ai physical capabilities, the first thought is a humanoid robot that can do everything, but that isn’t cute.

So instead of giving a bunch of new ability to one device, we tried to buff up each object a little💪, so they can all coordinate and do stuff together in a way that’s slightly more lovely.

Which object is your favorite?

#aiobjects #aihardware #mit #hackathon by @designatmit

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6 months ago

We are part of this year’s Core77 Design Awards jury in the Emerging Technologies category with Aria Xiying Bao @xixixi_aria and Greg Tran @gregtran.

From commercial to cultural, environmental to discursive, The Core77 Design Awards honor excellence across all areas of design enterprise. The Emerging Technologies category encompasses systems, services, research, hardware, or software products created with the aid of recently created or developed software and hardware technologies. Examples can include projects that incorporate the use of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), blockchain technologies, robotics, biometrics, advanced materials or new production processes.

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6 months ago

Milin Tunsiricharoengul @milintun (B.S. Computer Science & Engineering + B.S. Art & Design ’27), Layla Stanton @laylaastanton (B.S. Mechanical Engineering + B.S. Art & Design ‘27), and Lan Hai (B.S. Management + B.S. Art & Design ’28)

Twistorus

4.031 Design Studio: Objects and Interaction
Twistorus is a two-person digital camera that encourages intimate collaboration between its subjects. Users must coordinate to simultaneously capture their various body parts.

4.031 Design Studio: Objects and Interaction is an overview of design as the giving of form, order, and interactivity to the objects that define our daily experience. The second project asks students to design a novel digital camera. by @designatmit

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7 months ago

[Blank] Scope is an AI-powered binocular that lets users see the world both as it is—and as it could be. One lens shows live reality, while the other reveals a real-time, AI-generated transformation based on the user's chosen time period and cultural perspective. By turning physical dials, users shift between historical visions and speculative futures, blending memory, perception, and imagination into a single, embodied experience.

Created by Chiun Lee @chiunleekim, Qingyun Liu @k_universe_d, and Krystal Montgomery @krystal.montgomery for 4.043/4.044 Interaction Intelligence: a course at MIT taught by Marcelo Coelho @marcelosco and supported by William McKenna, Sergio Mutis @sergiomutis1, Xdd @realxdd44, and Quincy Kuang @quincykuang.

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#ai #artificialintelligence #genai #llm #largelanguagemodels #llo #largelanguageobjects #vr #ar #mixedreality by @designatmit

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7 months ago

Geni made its debut at Toy Fair NYC!

Geni @playgeni an audio-based storytelling machine that brings imagination to life. This is the first physical AI product to spin off from @designintelligencelab. Geni started as a project in 4.043 Interaction Intelligence and we couldn’t have made it this far without the amazing support from DesignX @mitdesignx , MAD @mitdesignacademy, and MIT Architecture @mitarchitecture

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Noema is a large language object that segments and reconstructs human perception through spatialized audio experiences, such as ambient cues, storytelling, and music. By shifting perception from sight to sound, NOEMA turns AI into a sensory extension: an inner voice that sees, interprets, speaks, and even questions.

Developed by Melo Chen & Nomy Yu for 4.043/4.044 Interaction Intelligence: a course at MIT taught by Marcelo Coelho @marcelosco and supported by William McKenna and TAs Sergio Mutis @sergiomutis1 and Xdd @realxdd44.

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@artsatmit taken in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by @designatmit

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8 months ago

Rose Runner is a 1D game by Ayah Mahmoud @_sincerelyayah & Lilith Ren @swan.lilith where two players compete for roses to win a princess’s heart, mirroring the rivalry of love affairs.

Developed for the course 4.043 Interaction Intelligence, taught by Marcelo Coelho @marcelosco and supported by William McKenna and TAs Sergio Mutis @sergiomutis1 and Xdd @realxdd44.

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8 months ago

New York Area Instagram Followers...Do you know any high school students interested in studying architecture, design, urban planning, interior design, landscape architecture, or construction management? Let them know about the Center for Architecture’s Architecture & Design College Fair on Saturday October 18, 2025, at the Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Paul Pettigrew MIT Architecture’s Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs will be present at the MIT Architecture + Design table...feel free to stop by and say hi. For more information go to https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/k-12/teen-programs/architecture-college-fair/ by @designatmit

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4.021 How to Design student @michelle_x.c took this photograph of the currently under renovation/construction Metropolitan Storage Warehouse, during a particularly brilliant sunset.

The Metropolitan Storage Warehouse is in the process of being transformed from a long abandoned storage warehouse into the future home of MIT Architecture, Urban Planning, and Morningside Academy for Design (MAD), by the architecture firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Highline NYC/ICA Boston) & Boston based Leers Weinzapfel. taken in Mit, Cambridge, Massachussetts by @designatmit

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