Jacobs Institute

This Friday 11 am via Zoom! Jacobs Design Specialist Nicole Panditi unlocks your ability to live more sustainably and repair instead of discard. Free! Register via link in bio.

Would you like to sharpen your design and prototyping skills? Continue developing an idea for a project? Prepare for the Berkeley Master of Design or another undergraduate or graduate program? Or discover an entry point into the world of engineering and design innovation? If so, the Maker Launchpad Summer Program is for you! 

This six-week comprehensive prototyping program, offered by the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, is the perfect way to dig deeper into design methodologies and prototyping skills. The program runs July 3–August 11, 2023.
See link in bio to learn more and APPLY TODAY!

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Workshops, tool trainings, and famous YouTuber makers - all just a regular day at your campus with the Jacobs Hall Design Specialists:
- Build a Wood Heart Box with Adam Hutz
- TIG welding training with Gary Gin
- Cody Glen touring William Osman and Kevin Kohler (The Backyard Scientist), nerding out on Jacobs’ incredible laser metal cutter

Come be part of the Jacobs Hall action! Hands on workshops and equipment trainings all happen in the first half of the semester—don’t miss out!!

See LinkInBio for schedules and info on getting your Makerpass.

Four fantastic alumni Alix Carson, Lace Co Ting Keh, Antonia Bronars and Zachary Hayes are joining us this coming Wednesday, February 8th for a Design Career Conversation on MechE + Design Career Pathways.

These four graduates are now four years into impressive engineering careers.  We’ll hear lessons learned from their experience entering the workforce, some retrospection on how their time in the Jacobs Hall shaped their pursuits, as well as how shows up in their current day to day work as . There will be plenty of time for open Q&A, so bring your questions!

Register at Linkinbio for Zoom Link

Join us on Thursday to listen to Benjamin Pawle talk about "Make Stuff, Not Assumptions."

Ben is a product and interaction designer. He co-founded Nord Projects – a design invention studio in east London – where he spends his time crafting new products, prototypes and speculative perspectives on the future of computing and AI.

This series will be held virtually for the Spring 2023 semester. Each talk is free an open to all students and members of the public. A zoom account is required for login and access to this series, please find link in bio under “Design Field Notes” to get to the zoom session.

Our fearless leaders Amy and Joey leading Makerspace tours for today’s Cal Day open house. Stop by @ 12:30 for the next one!

Join us today for our last of the semester: Forgotten Futures: Using Design to Revive and Preserve Neglected Innovation with Mike Buffington! His talk will be held virtually on Zoom and is free and open to the public. Learn more using the DFN link in our bio. Tuesday 4/19, 2-3 PM PT.

Join us today for another with Matthew Sibigtroth, UX Prototyper at Google! His talk will be held virtually on Zoom and is free and open to the public. Learn more using the DFN link in our bio. Tuesday 4/12, 2-3 PM PT.

Join us today for another with Shruti Grover, Founder of Pattern Prohect! Her talk will be held virtually on Zoom and is free and open to the public. Learn more using the DFN link in our bio. Tuesday 4/5, 2–3 PM PT.