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Hannah Stewart does curiosity driven research and making to explore what futures are possible or probable; using artefacts, speculative design and action research projects. Hannah is currently a Researcher at the Royal College of Art. Managing and producing research for the EPSRC funded Future Makespaces in Redistributed Manufacturing Network and also the AHRC funded ‘Ethics…
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Hannah Fox led a ground-breaking project with Derby Museums to develop a new way forwards for Derby Silk Mill – the site of the world’s first factory. Citizen curators and makers are at the heart of the vision for the new Museum of Making – getting hands on, learning new skills and sharing skills with…
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Daniel Charny is an acclaimed curator and design educator deeply interested in the role of making in our future lives. He is creative director of the London-based consultancy From Now On and co-founder director of the award-winning social design initiative Fixperts. Daniel is Professor of Design at Kingston University and guest professor at KADK in…
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Make Works are making manufacturing accessible. Think of it like a public library. An open resource made by dedicated factory finders where you can discover skilled manufacturers, tools and materials to make work with in your area. Fi Scott is a manufacturing geek and the founder of Make Works, which she started in her final…
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Eddie Kirkby is a multi-disciplinary engineer who graduated with a 1st class honours degree in Mechatronics. While studying for his degree, he spent a year as a manufacturing engineer at Vauxhall Motors. He then became involved in the quality and commercial management of automotive injection mould tooling projects for Global Engineering Solutions. Following a period…
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Made By Those was founded in 2014 by Jim Rhodes and Barney Mason, a studio with the intent to pursue the use of technologies in design. It focuses on connecting the physical and the digital worlds. Its first product was Woodpecker, a scalable digital drawing tool that can be placed and programmed to draw on…
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Alice Rawsthorn writes on design in the International New York Times, and is a columnist on design for Frieze. Her latest book, the critically-acclaimed ‘Hello World: Where Design Meets Life’, explores design’s influence on our lives: past, present and future. An influential public speaker on design, Alice has participated in important global events including TED…
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