CORNER MAKERY

What if  Northwestern students had free access to digital fabrication tools for use outside of class?

The Corner Makery is an ongoing experiment in open access digital fabrication tools. In 2016, fellow Designer in Residence and Founding Partner of Welcome Industries, Pam Daniels and I proposed and set up the Corner Makery in a previously unoccupied corner of the Ford Engineering Design Building at Northwestern University. We selected the machines, designed the layout of the space, defined the culture and process for training, and created a “Make With Us” brochure that shares the ways in which makers can and should engage with the space and one another. To date, over 100 Northwestern students, faculty, staff, and affiliates have gotten their picture up on the wall as certified makers.