SCAD – Gulfstream Center
I recently was introduced to what looks like an amazing maker space, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Gulfstream Center of Design. https://www.scad.edu/life/buildings-and-facilities/gulfstream-center-industrial-and-furniture-design. It would be interesting to see how their shops spaces are organized and how students…
Rethinking
The goal of this blog has been to stimulate discussion about the idea of Making. What is it? How does it happen? What does a person need to be a Maker? I’ve tried to not let digital fabrication dominate the…
Beginners Guide to 3D Printing
Even though Making isn’t just about 3D printing or digital fabrication, I thought this guide was worth passing on. Probably the best overview I’ve seen of 3D printing, and all the various technologies currently being used. http://3dprintingindustry.com/3d-printing-basics-free-beginners-guide/
Dartmouth – Neukom Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation (DALI) lab
I recently came across the site for the Dartmouth Neukom Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation (DALI) lab. The lab works as much as an incubator as it does as a learning center. The site does a great job of telling…
TechShop’s Not-So-Secret Ingredient
For those of you not familiar with TechShop, here is a editorialized introduction. Some interesting insights from TechShop’s founder, Jim Newton http://makezine.com/magazine/make-40/techshops-not-so-secret-ingredient/
If You Build It – Documentary
Hacking a community – Be Inspired! IF YOU BUILD IT the movie follows designers Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives….
Higher Education Maker Summit
Arizona State University – Higher Education Maker Summit October 23 – 24, 2014 at the ASU Chandler Innovation Center Looks like an interesting event: http://entrepreneurship.asu.edu/makersummit/ Breakout sessions include: Making a Makerspace: Comparative Models Methods for Research in Making From Consumer…
New, Inc.
New, Inc. New York A place where projects too weird and risky for the VC community can find a home and the support to thrive. Where those working at the intersection of art, design and technology can develop their ideas,…
For Those Combining Making and Technology
I’ve been a fan of Littlebits for awhile. If you are interested in adding technology to art or design, you might want to look into what these modules can do. LittleBits, Now Cloud-Enabled | Design | WIRED http://www.wired.com/2014/07/little-bits-the-favorite-toy-of-hardware-hackers-is-now-cloud-enabled/?imm_mid=0c091a&cmp=em-na-na-na-newsltr_20140731_elist Ayah Bdeir:…
Tools
This quote from Stephen King encapsulates why I believe a maker space is necessary. As I look around my shop at home, almost all of the unfinished projects are because I didn’t have the tool I needed at the time…
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