No, you do not need two Cricut accounts in Design Space using Cricut Access. When you buy the Maker and set up the machine, you would just link it to your Design Space account via your customer ID. When you are in Design Space, you would select either Maker or Explore to identify the link to the machine you are using when doing a project. It’s on the tool bar at the top. Design Space gives you the correct options in its prompts based on the type of machine you selected.