Monday 6 June 2016
weekly challenge ten : power
I was asked what I'm going to do with my new found makers powers that I have developed through this course, and to be completely honest, I'm not too sure. It has been amazing getting stuck into the makers culture and practicing these skills, I am definitely a lot more confident in my making skills, and are a lot less afraid to try making. But I don't necessarily see myself practicing these things everyday or even just as a hobby. I think they'll really come into use if something I have breaks or needs tweaking - I can see myself trying to figure out ways which I cold fix things. Maybe the best thing I have gotten out of this paper is just thinking like a maker - always seeing the potential for something even if it is considered broken or used.
weekly challenge eight : i made this
We had to take a photo of what we made. I really really hate photos, and selfies are even worse. And adding to that the fact I had to do this in a public space I can say this was my least favourite challenge.
Thursday 2 June 2016
project three : summary
The Maker Movement promotes an innovative culture where concepts of
participation, collaboration and creating are encouraged. The Maker Movement
celebrates the realisation of individual’s creative potential and as technological innovations surge, the opportunity to explore this potential is increasingly prevalent.
As makers openly share their work and processes online, they inspire others to make
instead of buy, shifting the traditional roles of producers and consumers. This has
spurred a demand for customisation and personalisation of products, extending the
overlap of customer and creator (Deloitte, 2014).
This was a concept that was explored in the Revamp A Lamp project. Ideas of participation, recreating and customisation are central to the design process of the Revamp A Lamp. The project challenges traditional processes of manufacturing, distributing and designing to transform the consumer into a producer to encourage engagement with the Maker Movement.
The Revamp A Lamp project primarily targets users who have little or no engagement with or interest in the Maker Movement. This was considered in the design, distribution and interaction of the product. The Revamp a Lamp promotes participation through the products design by the easy kit set nature of the product. By creating a product that can easily be assembled, users are not discouraged to participate in making. Additionally, by creating a product that can easily be assembled and disassembled, consumers are encouraged to recreate. This helps in extending the product’s life cycle as it can adapt to the users changing values and needs. In terms of distribution, the Revamp A Lamp is flat packed to allow for easy and cheap circulation of the product in order to reach as many people as possible. Together, these aspects help consumers engage with the Maker Movement.
As the Revamp A Lamp project seeks to extend the outreach of the Maker Movement, I have engaged with the movement myself throughout the design process. I have experienced how to learn through making and doing. I have learnt the importance of collaboration in order to heighten my understandings and abilities in design. This was done through searching online forums such as instructables and by talking with my peers. As I engaged with the Maker Movement throughout this project while trying to get others to participate in making, an active exchange to facilitate maker culture is developed.
If values and ideologies from the Maker Movement are applied in everyday lives people will start to realise their creative potential and what they can do and what they can learn to do (Dougherty, n.d). Dougherty (n.d) explains this concept where consumers begin to reject the idea that they are defined by the goods that they purchase and that by instead making products themselves, their internal values and intrinsic goals are present in their work, offering a better representation of their identity. In this, the Maker Movement offers an opportunity for people to play a part in creating their own world. This idea can be applied to all aspects of life, ultimately encouraging people to actively participate in the makeup of their own environments.
Dougherty, D. (n.d). The Maker Mindset. Retrieved from: https://llk.media.mit.edu/ courses/readings/maker-mindset.pdf
Deloitte. (2014). Impact of the Maker Movement. Retrieved from: http://makermedia. com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/impact-of-the-maker-movement.pdf
This was a concept that was explored in the Revamp A Lamp project. Ideas of participation, recreating and customisation are central to the design process of the Revamp A Lamp. The project challenges traditional processes of manufacturing, distributing and designing to transform the consumer into a producer to encourage engagement with the Maker Movement.
The Revamp A Lamp project primarily targets users who have little or no engagement with or interest in the Maker Movement. This was considered in the design, distribution and interaction of the product. The Revamp a Lamp promotes participation through the products design by the easy kit set nature of the product. By creating a product that can easily be assembled, users are not discouraged to participate in making. Additionally, by creating a product that can easily be assembled and disassembled, consumers are encouraged to recreate. This helps in extending the product’s life cycle as it can adapt to the users changing values and needs. In terms of distribution, the Revamp A Lamp is flat packed to allow for easy and cheap circulation of the product in order to reach as many people as possible. Together, these aspects help consumers engage with the Maker Movement.
As the Revamp A Lamp project seeks to extend the outreach of the Maker Movement, I have engaged with the movement myself throughout the design process. I have experienced how to learn through making and doing. I have learnt the importance of collaboration in order to heighten my understandings and abilities in design. This was done through searching online forums such as instructables and by talking with my peers. As I engaged with the Maker Movement throughout this project while trying to get others to participate in making, an active exchange to facilitate maker culture is developed.
If values and ideologies from the Maker Movement are applied in everyday lives people will start to realise their creative potential and what they can do and what they can learn to do (Dougherty, n.d). Dougherty (n.d) explains this concept where consumers begin to reject the idea that they are defined by the goods that they purchase and that by instead making products themselves, their internal values and intrinsic goals are present in their work, offering a better representation of their identity. In this, the Maker Movement offers an opportunity for people to play a part in creating their own world. This idea can be applied to all aspects of life, ultimately encouraging people to actively participate in the makeup of their own environments.
Dougherty, D. (n.d). The Maker Mindset. Retrieved from: https://llk.media.mit.edu/ courses/readings/maker-mindset.pdf
Deloitte. (2014). Impact of the Maker Movement. Retrieved from: http://makermedia. com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/impact-of-the-maker-movement.pdf
project three : finals
I went back and recut my lamp from the plywood that I had used in my prototype. It doesn't look the best but at least it works. Here are some images of my final product, the instructions for it and advertisement of it.
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