Our Work
Mission
The Martin Architecture and Design Workshop (MADWORKSHOP) focuses on design education—supporting students, makers, artists, and architects in the realization of socially-valuable design projects. We merge a contemporary aesthetic agenda and ambitious fabrication techniques with the mentorship of an arts-based Advisory Board, providing emerging designers the opportunity to take their ideas from concept to reality. Our goal is to help innovative thinkers make sustainable, lasting contributions to the design discourse and elevate society through creative solutions.
What We Do
MADWORKSHOP serves as an incubator to foster innovative design with an underlying social value. The Foundation mentors designers at the college level and beyond in a broad range of fields including architecture, furniture design, product design, fashion, art, and robotics. With partnerships at leading academic institutions including ArtCenter College of Design, Pratt Institute, UCLA, USC, and Otis College of Art and Design, MADWORKSHOP sponsors studio courses focused on design and fabrication. From these courses, fellows are chosen and given a platform where their ideas can be tested, prototyped, and brought to market. Spanning from smaller-scale furniture, product, and fashion design to broader space-making and architectural investigations, MADWORKSHOP’s projects bring education and artistic innovation to the forefront of the creative design process.
