Mobile Makers Chicago

09/11/2026

Fall program registration is LIVE! 🌟 Check out our offerings:

Community Makers 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Get paid to envision positive change in your community! Join like-minded, creative teens from the Chicago Area to imagine a new life for an empty lot in Humboldt Park. Participants will receive a $200 stipend for their participation.

Creature Cribs 🦊 Explore design, digital fabrication, nature, sustainability, and creative reuse! Students will research and design homes for our city’s wildlife. Open to Chicago Area youth in grades 3-5.

City Makers 🏙️ Participants will explore architecture and design through researching, drawing, and building a rendition of a Chicago landmark of their choosing. Open to Chicago Area youth in grades 4-6.

Register today at mobilemakers.org!

09/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for camp this summer! 🌻 More than 50 campers aged 7 to 16 participated in programs ranging in topic from architecture to fashion to animation throughout the summer. So much fun creativity! 💕 Registration for fall programs is live at mobilemakers.org!

Professional photos by monet / mo

08/21/2026

Mobile Makers Chicago is a finalist for an The American Institute of Architects, Chicago Design Excellence Award in the Interior Architecture | Small Category. It was a dream to design our own space, and to do it in collaboration with Future Firm made it even dreamier! ✨ We’ll see you at Designight!

The team ⬇️
Designer: Maya Bird-Murphy Mobile Makers Chicago
Architect of Record: Future Firm
General Contractor: VMR
Photos: Dylan Chandler Tom Harris

08/13/2026

Join us for the next Chicago 2050 conversation at the Chicago Cultural Center welcome center! Bweza Itaagi of Sistas in the Village and Grow Greater Englewood, Liú M.Z.H. Chen of the National Public Housing Museum, and Naomi Coke of Mobile Makers will discuss the objects and practices that define Chicago culture. August 29th at 12pm.

Chicago 2050 Conversations and Pop-Ups are supported by Chicago DCASE.

08/13/2026

Join us for the next Chicago 2050 conversation at the Chicago Cultural Center welcome center! Bweza Itaagi of Sisters in the Village and the Englewood Nature Trail, Liú M.Z.H. Chen of the National Public Housing Museum, and Naomi Coke of Mobile Makers will discuss the objects and practices that define Chicago culture. August 29th at 12pm.

Chicago 2050 Conversations and Pop-Ups are supported by Chicago DCASE.

07/08/2026

07/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our tent at the Argyle Night Market to dream about the future of Chicago! This was our first of a series of pop-ups in collaboration with Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, featuring postcards we’re writing to Chicago in 2050 that we’ll collect throughout the summer and display at the Chicago Cultural Center. We’ll share details about our next events soon!

06/23/2026

This summer we’re partnering with to celebrate ’s Chicago 2050 exhibition. Through activations across the North, South, and West Sides, community conversations at the , and an interactive installation at the Cultural Center’s Welcome Center, we’ll spark discussions about the city’s built legacy and future as we look toward 2050.

🎤 Join us for our first discussion, Material Afterlives, featuring Katherine Darnstadt of . The conversation will take place Saturday, June 27th at 12pm in the Cultural Center Welcome Center. The discussion will also be streamed live on Instagram.

🏮 Catch us at the Argyle Night Market on July 2nd for fun Chicago 2050-themed activities, including writing a postcard sharing your dreams for the city.

These events are part of a series running through September. More info will be shared soon.

06/08/2026

New Project! ✨ Mobile Makers has been contracted by Good Chaos to lead the community engagement effort on the Anchorage project. The Anchorage is a historic home saved by demolition in East Garfield Park that will be restored as an interactive space for community members, offering amenities like public gardens and a cafe. We’re honored to assist with realizing a space for the community that is uniquely designed for relaxation, creativity, and connection.