MAKE LAB

Make Lab is for makers and the maker-curious. It is designed for all students, studying across all fields of inquiry. It is for everyone who wants to explore, experiment, and think through making. You may already be a maker and want to expand your familiarity with new tools and techniques. Or you may not have had the time or opportunity to work with a broad range of tools and materials – this course is also for those who are curious about making and design. For all, it provides a foundation to fully engage in making and to learn about the design process through your participation in workshops and directed experimentation in the Design Center.  

Utilizing the existing introductory workshops offered in the Design Center, you will be asked to expand your knowledge of different tools and technologies by attending a range of workshops over the course of the semester. The final deliverable will be a dossier (small portfolio or collection of images and text) that documents your work in the workshops as well as your design process and work from an independent project that expands on one or more techniques/tools you’ve worked with over the semester. Additional work includes a short reading response during the first week and a case study presentation of the design work of a “maker” who inspires you.