Introducing The Corner Makery

The Corner Makery has become a community hub for makers of all majors at Northwestern University.

This summer, we built out a new makerspace at The Segal Design Institute called The Corner Makery.  Making is already a big part of the Northwestern experience for engineers, and as engagement in our design courses grows rapidly across campus amongst students of all majors, we needed to offer more spaces for “building to learn” and collaborating to create.  

The Corner Makery provides access to two types of digital fabrication equipment: 3D printers and desktop milling machines.  Access to this low-cost, easy-to-operate desktop equipment enables high-fidelity outcomes with a minimum of training.

Students learn from each other through hands-on engagement at The Corner Makery.

Deliberately not situated behind a closed door, the Corner Makery is located at the end of a hallway on the ground floor of the Ford Building. The open area serves as a gathering place to experiment, play & learn. Makers agree to a code of conduct and get their photos on the wall to further reinforce the community feel.  

Information sessions are open to anyone in the Northwestern community (including faculty and staff!) and take place twice a week.  Take a peek at the maker code of conduct we developed below.

The "Make with Us" code of conduct booklet offers guidance on how to interact with the space and each other as makers.

The Corner Makery was dreamed up and launched with love by Studio5— the on-campus studio of Pam Daniels and Brandon Williams.