Students from the Fall 2023 Intro to Design course worked with the new Humboldt Makerspaces to develop innovative, opensource, and needed makerspace infrastructure and demonstrations that can be recreated by other makerspaces.
The teams designed, constructed, and tested projects including 3D printed signs and products, a giant clock, innovative battery management, a makerspace apron, professional personal protective equipment management, thermoformed tool management, an exemplary demonstration axe, and a magnetic tug-of-war prototype game. Each of these products is replete with creativity, surprises, and usefulness.
The student teams have worked together over the course of the semester to research, draft, and create functional products to support the new makerspace physical…