The Design Center will be closed from Dec 18 - Feb 1. Design Center staff will still offer virtual consultations through the winter interim. Please email designcenter@barnard.edu with questions for design-related support.

Design Center

Welcome

to the Design Center at Barnard College! We’re an inclusive makerspace that offers weekly tool trainings, in-depth project workshops, and interdisciplinary studio space for makers across the Barnard and Columbia campuses.

Course Support

Find out more about requesting course-support from the Design Center.

Getting Started

First time visiting us? Start here.

Virtual Consultations

Book a virtual design consultation with the Design Center Staff.

Design Talk Series

Check here for recordings of previous talks.

Made at the Design Center

Visit our project gallery to get a sense for all the fantastic things people have created!

Project Gallery

Upcoming Workshops

Jan 26

SPARK with Kamal Sinclair :: On Imagining New Futures

January 26, 2022 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Virtual

Feb 4

iFixit Tech Repair Workshop

February 4, 2022 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Design Center, Milstein Room 104

Feb 11

Hack for Access with Open Style Lab

February 11, 2022 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

News

City Parks Become Living Labs with STEAM in the City

A yearlong partnership with local teachers began last July with a week of workshops focused on STEAM curricula.

September 15, 2021

New-to-Us Zines: October 23, 2020

This week we added zines about queer Scottish feminists and the Black Lives Matter movement, archival research on queer addicts, political history of needlecraft, anxiety and depression exacerbated by quarantine, social distancing, teenage girl art and activism, and Ramadan food and activities.

October 23, 2020

@barnlib July 2020

From our sweaty homes, where we wish we were in the MLC complaining that the AC is too cold, welcome to the July 2020 issue of @barnlib.

July 2, 2020