The maker subculture is a contemporary subculture, representing a technology-based extension of DIY culture. Typical interests enjoyed by the maker subculture include engineering-oriented pursuits such as electronics, robotics, 3-D printing, and the use of CNC tools, as well as more traditional activities such as metalworking, woodworking, and traditional arts and crafts. Although the movement started with just a few techno geeks, artists and hobbyists, it has attracted thousands over the decades.

1. THE
MAKERS
MOVEMENT

3. "Play is a skill. Play is serious. Entrepreneurs, scientists, musicians,
stand-up comedians—all MESS AROUND. They use the processes of
Play to generate the new. And what is that process of Play? You follow a
game, with rules and constraints, doing it with people you trust. You
succeed or fail in any number of ways—it is OPEN ENDED. You try and
try again—you iterate. Serious Play is a 21st Century creative
competence."
Play is a skill.

4. 3d Printer
Arduino Wearable techVintage appliances
Bycicles
The Makerspace

5. The function that makerspaces, hackerspaces, and artist spaces serve, filling a gap that exists between classical
incubator models and personal life-which tends to be the source of entrepreneurial and creative ideas.

7. WHY NOW?

8. A makers story

9. TWINE

12. Idea
Prototype
Market review
Manufacturing
Marketing
Distribution

13. Idea
Prototype
Market review
Manufacturing
Marketing
Distribution
Your shower / garage
Expensive 3D softwares & 3d
printers
Sell the idea to a large company that
can afford expensive market / patent
research
Technical team move to China to
plan and supervise production
Find distributors and handle
complex logistics for shipment
Use company’s marketing department
and external suppliers
5 YEARS AGO

14. Idea
Prototype
Market review
Manufacturing
Marketing
Distribution
Your shower / garage
Expensive 3D softwares & 3d
printers
Sell the idea to a large company that
can afford expensive market / patent
research
Technical team move to China to
plan and supervise production
Find distributors and handle
complex logistics for shipment
Use company’s marketing department
and external suppliers
Free open source 3d softwares and
inexpensive desktop 3d Printers
and Arduino
Launch the project on kickstarter to
assess market and demand
Use crowdfunding, Ebay, Etsy,
Amazon to reach large audiences
Produce small batches locally using
3D printers, laser cutters, CNC
machines and hand soldering.
E-commerce and logistics
platforms like Shipwire
Your shower / garage
5 YEARS AGO NOW

15. What’s
Digital Fabrication?

16. Adobe Illustrator Google SketchUP
3D2D

17. LASER CUTTER CNC MILL 3D PRINTER
cut material remove material add material

18. LASERCUT 3D PRINTING
ponoko.com shapeways.com

19. OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE