Makeshift Brooklyn

co-working studio

Join Makeshift to work from our studio located in the heart of Brooklyn. We've built a space for designers who enjoy the flexibility of remote work but miss the creative energy of working alongside friends and peers they respect.

12 Desks

Tall windows provide natural light and ample space to spread out.

5 Phonebooths

Jump on a call in one of our individual meeting rooms.

2 Lounges

Take a break, grab a drink, and kick back on our comfy couches.

conveniently located

Bikeable and a five minute walk from nearby subway stations.

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experienced community

When you work at Makeshift, you'll sit next to world-class designers who've worked for the world's biggest tech companies. Whether you're looking for design feedback or tips on the best approach to solve a problem, Makeshift helps you hone your craft by tapping into our member's experience.

Steph
Engle

Steph is currently designing AR commerce at Snap and a self-proclaimed 'engle' investor. Previously, she's been a designer at Airbnb, Cruise, Facebook, and also has many other redeemable qualities.

Jeremy
Goldberg

Jeremy is a former Product Design Director on Messenger at Facebook. He helped lead Messenger’s business & AI efforts, core chat features, safety and integrity tools, and design systems. He's currently exploring new ideas and tools in the 3D space.

Barton
Smith

Barton is a product designer with a love for system thinking, rich interfaces and helping companies succeed. He's currently a designer at Spotify working on projects such as Car Thing and Canvas. Previously at FiftyThree and Facebook

Robyn
Kanner

Robyn is the founder of Studio Gradients, a design agency based in New York. Prior to that, she was the Senior Creative Director of the Biden/Harris Presidential Campaign and has led design teams at Google, Amazon and New Balance.

Claudio
Vallejo

Claudio works on the cardiovascular health team at Resolve to Save Lives where he designs and builds Simple, an open-source platform for clinicians to manage hypertension control programs. He loves reading, learning new things, and staying active.

Maheen
Sohail

Maheen is a Product Designer at Facebook working at the intersection of AI, AR and VR. Prior to this, she was a lead designer at Oculus; helping build the future of Social VR. Prior to that, she helped build Facebook's first two social VR experience.

Gabe
Valdivia

Gabe is currently leading Consumer Experience Design at Patreon. Prior to that, he managed a design and research team at CNN Digital, built technology for social good at Jigsaw and designed Virtual Reality apps for Google Daydream and Facebook.

Cliff
Warren

Cliff has explored a wide variety of technologies in his career, managing VR design teams at Facebook, prototyping AR headsets at Samsung, and interning with NASA. He's currently a Design Director at Supernatural.

Oleg
Panichev

Oleg leads design at Shef, where he’s making it possible to order authentic homemade meals directly from independent cooks. In the past, he has worked at Lyft on self-driving vehicles and at Tesla on in-car interfaces and mobile app controls.

Brian
Lovin

Brian is a designer, podcaster, writer, and software tinkerer. He's currently working at GitHub and hosting the Design Details podcast. Before that, he co-founded Spectrum, a platform for large-scale communities to have better public conversations.

Effy
Zhang

Effy is a designer & creative technologist based in SF. She's currently building the future of self-driving cars at Cruise. She's passionate about emerging technologies, front-end development, mixed reality, and interactive arts.

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Makeshift Members

What's it like to work at Makeshift?

Maheen Sohail

Product Design Lead @ Facebook

Makeshift has made the struggles of working in a remote team a lot easier. Having recently moved to NYC, it has enabled me to quickly connect with talented designers and be more productive at work. Their 'after work' events have also been phenomenal in providing inspiration and expanding my network.

The team running Makeshift makes me feel really comfortable in the space, and encourages me to own it as my own. They've already inspired me to push my ideas further and further my creative goals.

That's really kind! Thanks so much

Barton Smith

Principal Designer @ Spotify

Makeshift has provided me with a beautiful and much needed space where I can design in a collaborative environment and be surrounded by the energy of other people who are working through challenging problems. This allows me to get out of my head, pull in support when I need it, and joke around with some super smart people.

Thanks, B!

Steph Engle

Product Designer @ Snap

Makeshift Mentors have the experience to get to high-quality answers quickly, but the humility to know there is probably a better solution. It’s an environment that creates a real delight in revisiting and outdoing your own ideas.

The designer who will excel at Makeshift is someone ambitious, who wants the bar for design to constantly be moving. Also, someone who wants to have a great time; they are not only super talented but also some of the most fun collaborators I’ve worked with.

Aw...thanks, Steph!

Christophe Tauziet

Head of Design @ Alto

I’ve become a better designer and design leader by partnering with Makeshift.

Any designer who’s aiming to expand their skillset or learn how to think outside of the box and be ahead of the curve will benefit a ton from working at Makeshift. They're among the best designers in the industry and are excellent mentors, who have nurtured incredible talent around them over the years.

The immense raw talent and experience of Makeshift Mentors combined with their complementarity and coaching skills make this one of the absolute best opportunities to learn from in the community.

We really appreciate the kind words!! 😭

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DESIGN IS A TEAM SPORT

MAKESHIFT BROOKLYN

co-working studio

12 Desks

5 Phonebooths

2 Lounges

conveniently located

experienced community

Don't Take our word for it — take theirs

events space

Memberships

Full-Time

$400/month

Part-Time

$200/month

Four a Month

$120/month

Drop-Ins

Single Day

$40

5-day Pack

$175

10-Day Pack

$300

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