rise of the makers: rethinking innovation and design

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Rise of the makers@RuthEllison from @StamfordUXUX Australia 2013

Hi! :)

I’m @RuthEllison from @StamfordUX

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Richard Van As

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Liam

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Robohand

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Richard Van As is a maker

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Tony Stark from Iron Man

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A maker is someone who creates and takes joy in the making process

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Collaboration drives innovation

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EyeWriter

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Work to constraints

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What do you get when you mix…

A programmerA designerOpen government data setsOne weekendAnd….

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Deadly Lasers

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Climate vis jewellery!

an intersection between art and science by CrankyBot

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Climate Viz jewellery making process

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Anything can be prototyped. You can prototype with anything.

- Diego Rodriguez

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Example of prototypes

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Learn to fail or fail to learn

We are all makers

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Make things

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