Mobile Makers, founded in 2017, is an award-winning nonprofit organization making design education accessible to all people. Through youth design and skill-building workshops, community engagement, public installations, and pop-ups hosted out of a retrofitted mail truck, Mobile Makers encourages conversations about positive change in the built environment.

 
 
 
 

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Mobile Makers, in collaboration with the historic Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church, co-designed and unveiled the “Woven Porch” at the 2025 Chicago Sukkah Design Festival. At the festival’s end, the outdoor pavilion will be moved to its permanent home in a former empty lot. The sukkah will act as a porch—a threshold and gathering space for slowness, connection, and mutual aid. View more recent projects.

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I loved that Mobile Makers was able to provide my students not only with engaging curriculum around thinking critically about design and urban planning, but that they also showed them diverse career possibilities in this field.
— 8th Grade Teacher
 
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