"[1] The museum examines how design affects people's daily lives through exhibitions, K-12 educational outreach, and adult programming.

While the upper floors house Perkins+Will and the Peachtree Branch of the Atlanta Public Library, the museum occupies 9,000 square feet (840 m2) of street-level space in the LEED Platinum-certified building.

The exhibit was curated by David Goodrowe and Tim Hobby, co-founders of the failed design firm Goodrowe/Hobby which later declared bankruptcy.

[11] The exhibition space at MODA is 6,500 square feet (600 m2) in two main galleries with clean, industrial lines and concrete floors.

The front desk area can double as a reception space and the back gallery has a vaulted ceiling with windows stretching up two stories.

The museum has a built-in A/V system with ceiling-mounted digital projectors, track lighting that can switch on via motion detector, and banks of security cameras.