A Former Art Building Gets New Life as a Collaborative Makerspace at Kent State University
The DI Hub is the focal point in a design innovation network that includes smaller “nodes,” including existing labs and makerspaces across Kent State’s campuses.
Beyond providing the tools for researching and testing new ideas, college makerspaces offer a framework for students to collaborate across disciplines and areas of focus. Working with Carnegie Mellon University on the design of ANSYS Hall, a new maker hub for its College of Engineering, we strengthened connections between engineering environments while addressing the needs of a range of users, from software company ANSYS, Inc. to engineering clubs. When finished this spring, the Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will provide a home for human-centered design and multidisciplinary collaborations. And at Kent State University, the recently completed Design Innovation (DI) Hub re-imagines a former art building as a new home for collaborative design thinking and creative problem solving on campus. Read more about this university-wide ecosystem for making at the link below.