The Art of Engineering

The MakerFest Showcase at the Lamont Gallery this spring featured work by the Academy community made in the Design Lab using precision tools often controlled by computers.

The exhibition, supported in part by the Lynda K. Beck Design Thinking Fund, “seeks to highlight creative problem-solving and methods of making that intertwine research, education and innovation with engineering, design and manufacturing,” Design Lab Coordinator and Instructor in Computer Science Sean Campbell writes in the exhibit’s catalog.

“These creative endeavors, while perhaps not immediately celebrated as modes of art-making or creative expression, reveal themselves to be tools and/or explora-tions of topical themes that identify the potential for innovation and solutions that can spark social impact.”