Makerspaces:Today and tomorrow

Slides and links: is.gd/makerspacesTwitter: @andrewsleigh

nesta.org.uk/uk-makerspaces

1. What is a makerspace (some pictures)

2. What state are they in today (some numbers)

3. What it might mean for tomorrow (some extrapolation)

1. What is a makerspace

2. What state are they in today

3. What it might mean for tomorrow

Photo: Martin Raynsford

Cambridge Makespace

Photo: Andrew Shadura

London Hackspace

Photo: Blake Marvin / Metropolis Magazine

Autodesk Pier 9

1. What is a makerspace

2. What state are they in today

3. What it might mean for tomorrow

We found 97 makerspaces, all over the UK

2006 2015

13

21

16

12

7

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New makerspaces per year

Makerspaces have seen rapid growth in the last 5 years

In makerspaces, people socialise, learn and make things

In makerspaces, people socialise, learn and make things

41%

35%33%

1. What is a makerspace

2. What state are they in today

3. What it might mean for tomorrow

Techshop

Meet the right people

Photo: Ed Burtynsky

Learn how to manufacture

Illustration: Brett Ryder / The Economist

The ‘third industrial revolution?’

Cloud DDM (Direct Digital Manufacturing)

Art CrawlerField Ready

New VesturesInstitute of Making

Thank you

Slides and links: is.gd/makerspaces Twitter: @andrewsleigh