The Design Center is physically closed until further notice, but Design Center staff are active and offering online programming and virtual consultations in the fall. Email designcenter@barnard.edu with questions for design-related support and info about online programming. More details here.

Design Center

Service Changes COVID-19

Check here for our updated services due to the current health crisis.

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

Faculty and teaching staff: the deadline to apply for curricular support with us is September 30th, 2019. Find out more about requesting course-support from the Design Center.

Spring Workshops

Curious about what project-based workshops we're teaching in the spring? Check below for more details!

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

Oct 29

Virtual Halloween Party!

October 29, 2020 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Zoom

News

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