IDeaspace

A design studio and makerspace on the North Dakota State University Campus with the goal of nurturing creative confidence in order to empower innovation through design thinking and collaboration of faculty, staff, college students, and K-12 students and teachers. We built interdisciplinary teams with a mix of expertises and passions to provide full solutions in an agile environment.

IDeaspace designed with, and for, departments and student groups on the NDSU campus, held design thinking and coding workshops for the campus and community, and encouraged all who entered to realize that failure could be good and to always think and act with intention.

So many ideas for such a short word

A light wood table covered with papers showing various iterations of the IDeaspace logotype

Hands marking up a page featuring IDeaspace logotypes with a red marker

Typesetting details, kerning and tracking.

IDeaspace logotype and color scheme on a white piece of paper

IDeaspace logotype in white on a blue background

IDeaspace logotype in white on a black background

IDeaspace logotype in white on a red background

IDeaspace logotype in white on an orange background

IDeaspace logotype in white on a pink background

The IDeaspace logo was created with the idea to be multifaceted, by leveraging a simple design and the inverse space 'S' it accommodated to busy or simple colors and backgrounds.

Laser cutter cutting the IDeaspace logotype out of clear acrylic

Colored post-it notes and IDeaspace written in blue

Green post-it notes folded in half on a white wall being aligned by a laser line

Green post-it notes on a white wall around the word IDea

The IDeaspace logotype in white on a white wall surrounded by orange and green post-it notes

Colorful stools, post-it notes, and two desks in an office with white walls and brown carpet

A grid of photos of hands holding lime green acrylic in front of famous landmarks across the world

Sharing ideas with the world

A gray desk covered with neatly arranged colorful post-it notes, markers, a sketchbook, pencils

Screen mockup of a trivia question layout

Interactive questionnaire app

Text reading What is IDeaspace? on an orange background

Text reading What is IDeaspace? on a blue background next to three notepads

Text reading What is IDeaspace? on a pink background next to three notepads covered in post-it notes

Whiteboard covered in sketches hanging on a white wall beneath the word empathize

Whiteboard covered in sketches hanging on a white wall beneath the word define

Whiteboard covered in sketches hanging on a white wall beneath the word ideate

Whiteboard covered in sketches hanging on a white wall beneath the word prototype

Whiteboard covered in sketches hanging on a white wall beneath the word test

IDeaspace's team followed the design thinking methodology and process and noted every step of a project to make sure everyone knew in what task or iteration every project were.

Wooden circle etched with #madehere hanging on the corner of a white wall

Easel of whiteboards with a TV and desks in the background