When you must design and execute original design as part of a college-level course, many would immediately think of fashion. This past winter, at the Makers Space Idea Forge, on the campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder, a group of mostly engineers, both young men and women, designed and executed their original creations cumulating in a show celebrating their work. Instead of a runway, 14 original creations were on display as “The Quilting Buffaloes” celebrated the time-honored tradition of quilt-making (Figure 1).
