WE MAKE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS

The Makery's mission is make opportunity for others in the world. To support this mission, we re-invest a percentage of our profits and time into our free design education programming for Minnesota's students. 

Let's build the next generation of Minnesota's Makers.

Our users come from all walks of life, so should user experience designers! We work with nonprofits and schools to provide free design education to students. 

As one of the fastest growing professions, User Experience Designers are in demand - we are doing our part to help those have alternative career pathways into user experience design. 

HOW WE HELP SCHOOLS & NON-PROFITS
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• The Makery can come give a fun "career day" talk to your students to highlight UX Design careers.
  
  
• We can help set up or complement an after school design program with UX education and volunteer instructors. 

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MEET THE MAKERY

We have a balance of full-time Makers, as well as deep roster of industry-leading consultants and freelancers to bring expertise to specialized collaborations. The Makery has the agility of a tech startup, with the capabilities of a full design team. 

​Alec Hogstad

Lead UX/UI Designer

We're proud to be a member of the Nostos Network -  a community of agencies complementary skill sets and diverse industry expertise, who all share similar values, infrastructure, and ethics. We are located in Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota.  

Anatoly Khalizev

UX/UI Designer

​Design Matters.

We have many designers and creative organizations that inspire us - we hope, we can inspire others too. We pride ourselves in thoughtful, fresh and unique approaches to design. In doing so, we will make design that stands apart - and will truly matter to clients and users.
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Less, But Better.
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Taken from Dieter Rams, “less but better” informs our design practice as well as our way of life. We are dedicated to simplicity and sustainability. It is through this ever constant perspective that we can focus only on essential aspects; a return back to purity, back to simplicity.

Make Others Successful.

Regardless of talent, we’ve all had someone reach out and give us help in our professional journeys. Whether through our apprenticeship program, bootcamps, career day events, or just though grabbing a cup of coffee, making others successful is a value we live every single day.

Ayan Ahmed

UX/UI Designer

McLean Donnelly

Head of Design, Founder

Prior to founding The Makery, McLean was the Vice President of User Experience Design for Shutterstock and a Design Manager for Expedia.

He's been a speaker at industry-leading gatherings including: Creative Week, The Art Director's Club and the Design Thinkers conference.

He has won a Webbby Award for Best of Use of Artificial Intelligence in Design as well as a UX Magazine Design for Experience Award for nonprofit design work.

He earned a Masters of Business Administration from St. Thomas University, a Bachelor of Arts at Gettysburg College, and is a Adjunct Professor of Design at the University of Minnesota. 

UPCOMING MAKERY EVENTS

UXPA Minnesota Panel, Minneapolis
January 9, 2020
https://www.uxpamn.org/event-3668194

MIMA Monthly Keynote, Minneapolis
February, 2020
https://mima.org/

Digital Summit Talk, Los Angeles 
March 2020
https://losangeles.digitalsummit.com/

Digital Summit Talk, Seattle
April 2020
https://seattle.digitalsummit.com/

BETTER EXPERIENCES, BETTER BUSINESS

At The Makery, we want to give your organization a boost - we also think we can help others along the way. We're easy to get started, affordable and get the job done. 

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