Designers for the Future, BODIES - MIT MAD Part 1 Replay / May 1, 2024

Watch the Part 1 replay from our May 1, 2024 "Designers for the Future" event - three short presentations and a panel conversation dedicated to the theme of "Bodies."
Since its launch in October 2022, the MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) has fostered an interdisciplinary design culture at MIT, addressing pressing societal and environmental challenges.
The event which took place at the MIT Museum as part of Boston Design Week featured three generations of Design Fellows: the inaugural 2022 cohort, the current 2023 group, and the newly selected 2024 designers.
Through short presentations and conversations, the Fellows explore how design is fundamental in solving environmental, health, and technical challenges through the themes of Bodies, Objects, and Environments.
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* CLEMENCE COUTEAU
Clemence is tackling the rise of postpartum depression (PPD) among U.S. mothers by aiming to develop a digital solution empowering at-risk pregnant women to improve mental health outcomes. This involves a self-directed therapy chatbot in a mobile app, based on the “ROSE” protocol.
* MARIAMA N'DIAYE
Mariama studies how government agencies can leverage human-centered design methodologies across agencies to build better and more resilient programs, policies, and places in cities in the Global South.
* ALEXANDRA RIEGER
Alexandra is implementing MediMusical designs as part of a stroke patient study at Harvard's Mass General. She seeks to develop and deploy standardizing solutions, assistive technologies, and inspired designs underscored by music for cognitive pathologies and further challenges facing our world today.
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