About Makers' Days, which are to be held in 10 different districts, for promoting maker culture and coming Maker Faire Hong Kong 2017 to local communities

1. Makers’ Days
Dr. Clifford Choy
School of Design, PolyU
9 Oct 2016
mccliff@polyu.edu.hk

2. “Maker Faire HK 2017”
• A project consists of
• Half-day Makers’ Day in 10 different locations in HK
• Maker Faire HK 2017 on 8 and 9 Apr 2017
• Maker projects to selected schools
• Competitions and Exhibitions
• Funded by 150th Anniversary Standard Chartered Community
Foundation

3. Makers’ Day (1)
• Goal:
• Bring selected makers’ activities to local communities, to let a wider range of
audience to experience ”making”
• Build up expectations of general public to the upcoming Maker Faire HK 2017
• Activities:
• Nerdy Derby Car Workshop
• Soldering Workshop
• Knitting Workshop
• Run for 4hrs per day, preferably on Sat or Sun
• Should be accessible to general public

4. Makers’ Day – Nerdy Derby Car Workshop
• A 10m long track, adapted
from Nerdy Derby
(http://nerdyderby.com/),
with a slot in the middle
• For anyone to make their own
car with different materials
and tools:
• Paper, plastic and other
materials

9. Floor Plan for Derby Car Workshop

10. Makers’ Day – Soldering Workshop

12. Floor Plan for Soldering Workshop

13. Makers’ Day – Knitting Scarf Workshop

14. Floor Plan for Knitting Scarf Workshop

15. Maker’s Day – 4WD Workshop
• Mini4wd is a motorsport that attracts a wide range of age group, from
young children to adult. The workshop consists of 3 areas: showcase,
race track, and assembly area.

16. Maker’s Day – 4WD Workshop
• Participants will get to know the structure of a mini4wd race at the
showcase. Then they will experience the joy of making a mini4wd
race car at the assembly area. They will also learn how to solve
problems by using different parts on different race tracks.

17. Makers’ Day – 4WD Workshop

18. Makers’ Day – 4WD Workshop

19. Floor Plan for 4WD Workshop

20. Makers’ Day for Make-dos/ Strawbees

21. Makers’ Day for Make-dos/ Strawbees

22. Floor Plan for Make-dos/ Strawbees

23. Call for Volunteers
• General
• Photo-taking, video-taking
• Nerdy Derby Car Workshop
• Build a longer track for Nerdy Derby Car for MFHK2017
• Build a track for Nerdy Derby Car with special features (e.g. curved ones? booster?
starter? timer? others?)
• Run workshop during Makers’ Days, and MFHK2017
• New design for Nerdy Derby Car, with use of different tools (e.g. paper, plastic, wood,
metal, …)
• Soldering Workshop
• Run workshop during Makers’ Days, and MFHK2017
• New design for soldering kit

24. Current Schedule
• Nov
• 27 Nov 2016 - Yan Oi Town Square, Tuen Mun, supported by BGCA
• Jan
• 15 Jan 2017 – Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai
Secondary and Primary School (Primary Section), Shek Mun, Shatin
• 22 Jan 2017 – Rainbow Primary School, Wong Tai Sin
• Feb
• 25 Feb 2017 – Yan Chai Hospital Lan Chi Pat Memorial Secondary School, Tseung
Kwan O
• Mar
• 4 Mar 2017 - LST Leung Kau Kui Primary School (Branch), Tin Shui Wai
• 18 Mar 2017 – Pui Kui Primary School, Siu Sai Wan

25. Call for Supports
• Additional activities
• If you have ideas on other activities, please send me email on your
suggestions
• Venue for other Makers’ Days
• As venue sponsor or co-organizer
• Must be accessible to general public
• Should allow us to take photos/videos and share through our Facebook page
• May be in schools or public area