UPDATE: I have received some friendly feedback from my classmates. They have suggested a few additions worth looking into:
- Labeling and categorizing bins/shelves
- Including a large poster explaining the design process (I feel that this would need to be very stripped down to be something that students actually pay attention to)
- Replacing painting large words with a removable banner for flexibility.
New additions are the pink section. My focus in these images was on the physical space and working within the physical limitations we have. There are lots of inspirational images that would require us to tear down a wall to implement, so these are definitely looking smaller.
Three of the images I found relate to storage of maker space materials. By having clearly labeled and easily accessible materials, I hope to promote student autonomy, hand prototyping, and collaboration by getting myself out of the way. If students can find what they need without much effort, they can spend more time on the actual design thinking piece.
I also included two images not related to storage. The first is of big, dramatic words on the wall – I like the idea of including some very stripped down norms for play, tinkering, and creativity on the wall in this way. The second is of small tables that fit together to make a larger space for collaboration. Our library is not huge and a lot of the shelving can’t go anywhere, so having tables that can be broken apart would be helpful in ensuring that a variety of collaboration styles are viable within the space we have.
I wanted to find some images of student exhibition space, but struggled to find images with the appropriate licence.
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