PolyU Design I Make Initiative (2015-08-13)

PolyU Design
I MAKE Initiative
Dr. Clifford Choy
School of Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
12 Aug 2015
Contact: mccliff@polyu.edu.hk

I MAKE Initiative
• An initiative by PolyU Design for promoting the importance
of making and the maker culture to general public
• Plan
• Competition, workshops and seminars
• Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015
• Schools’ engagement activities on make and design, leading to
Maker Faire Hong Kong 2016

Why PolyU Design?
• “Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing
situations into preferred ones.”
• “… design … makes ideas tangible, it [design] takes abstract thoughts and
inspirations and makes something concrete.”
• Designers think through making
• Making is not just about production or fabrication, but also involve creativity,
critical thinking, self-learning, exploration and experimentation and more, which
helps to develop life-long learning skills
(Herbert Simon, 1981, as cited by John Hesket, 2009)
(Mat Hunter, 2014)

Maker Faire
• A family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness
• For makers to gather, show what they have made and share what they
have learned
• To demonstrate what is possible
• To exchange knowledge and ideas
• To inspire
• Part of science fair, part of fun fair
• You can perform/demonstrate “crazy” things
• NOT “Book Fair”, “Computer Fair”, “Animation-Comic and Game Fair” in
Hong Kong
• NOT a trade fair dominated by traditional sales and marketing

Tomorrowland (2015)
(http://www.kissmywonderwoman.com/2015/06/think-of-children-tuesday-tomorrowland.html)

Maker Faire
• First launch in Bay Area, USA, in 2006
• In 2014, 119 independently-produced Mini and 14 Featured Maker
Faires around the world, including Tokyo, Rome, Detroit, Oslo and
Shenzhen
• 215,000 people attended the two flagship Maker Faires in the Bay
Area and New York in 2014
• Promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics)
education

http://flashgamer.com/arduino/comments/maker-faire-oslo
http://newsnyork.com/obama-joins-inventors-at-white-house-maker-faire/
http://mommypoppins.com/content/maker-faire-
new-york-whats-new-for-nyc-kids-at-this-hyper-
creative-festival
http://boingboing.net/2010/08/02/my-favorite-makers-a.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
2486775/Robot-rock-band-Z-Machines-features-
guitarist-78-fingers-drummer-21-sticks.html

What do you expect in Maker Faire?
• Makers show-and-tell their works/projects
• Presentation
• Demonstration/Performance
• Hands-on activities
• Workshops

Supports Three Broad Stages of Makers
• Zero to Maker
• Arouse interest of those with no experience in making to become a maker
• In Maker Faire: Through hands-on activities, through workshops, through inspiring
talks, through inspiring works from other makers
• Maker to Maker
• Sharing of knowledge between makers
• Collaborate and access to others’ expertise
• Work together on shared platforms
• In Maker Faire: Through show-and-tell their projects, through offering hands-on
activities and organizing workshops, through interact with visitors and other makers
• Maker to Market
• Some creations of makers have commercial appeal and get into the market
• In Maker Faire: Through presenting their journey to other makers, through collecting
feedbacks from visitors on their creations

http://www.movemakecreate.com/tutorial-sew-your-own-sock-monster/
https://rubbishrevamped.wordpress.com/page/5/
Sock Monster (Socks, Fabrics)

手毬 Temari (Fabrics)
Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18-19 Oct 2014)

Loom (fabric)
FabFest Boston (8-9 Aug 2015)

Knitting (Mechanical design)
Makerfaire Taipei 2015 (30-31 May 2015)

Wearable (fabric + electronics)

Fab Textiles (fabric + electronics + digital
fabrication)

http://www.mechanical-toys.com/cat.htmhttp://www.custompapertoys.com/
Paper Engineering (Paper)

Construction Kit (Paper Card)

http://erikdemaine.org/curved/history/
http://news.ucsc.edu/2012/03/origami-exhibit.html
Origami (Paper)

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/03/a-flock-of-synchronized-dancing-origami-cranes/
http://matthewgardiner.net/art/Oribotics_futurelab
Origami + Electro-mechanical System

Skateboard (wood + glass fiber)

http://houseofstories.sjs.org.hk/?q=workshop_13
http://photoblog.hk/wordpress/61032/%E8%A1%97%E6%8B%8D%E5%88%
86%E4%BA%AB-
%E4%BA%8C%E6%8E%A2%E4%BD%95%E5%AE%97%E8%A8%98%E7%99%
BD%E9%90%B5%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B
Metal Work (Galvanized Iron)

UpCycling (Aluminum Can)

Clean Cooking Stove

Model Train

Model Bus

Weapons (3D printed materials)

Hand Prosthetics (3D printed materials)

Art (3D printed materials)
http://www.3dizingof.com/

3D Printers

LEDs (Electronics)

Personalized Motorized Mobility Devices
(Electro-Mechanical System)
Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2012, PolyU (11 Aug 2012)

Construction Kit (Aluminum)

Bluetooth Low Energy (Electronics + IT)

Urban Farming (Plant)
Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18-19 Oct 2014) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2013, PolyU (17 Aug 2013)

Architectural Structure (plastics, strings, MDF)

Underwater Robot (Robotics)
Makerfaire Taipei 2015 (30-31 Jun 2015)

Robotics

Who are makers?
• Those who make things
• Not just production or fabrication, but also apply critical thinking and
problem solving skills
• Explore materials, tools, processes
• Learn, create, share
• Do-it-yourself (DIY) with others
• Not just local communities in old days, but through Internet to collaborate with
people around the world
• We are all makers

Who are makers?
• Some create enabling technologies
• Some use technologies creatively
• Some do both
• They are
• Hobbyists
• Entrepreneurs
• Inventors
• Educators
• Artists
• ….

Make = DIY with Technology
• Online platforms for learning and acquiring material resources

• Personal and digital fabrication

• Materials, components, modules, systems
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/softkinetic-brings-depthsense-
range-sensor-to-gdc-hopes-to-put/

Attributes developed through Making
• Tinkering, hacking
• Learning
• Exploring
• Experimenting
• Hands-on approach in learning by doing
• Cross-disciplinarity
• Learn through peer and community
• Collaboration
• Skills, craftsmanship, patience
• Sharing to community

“making”
The Experiential Learning Cycle [Kolb and Kolb, 2005]

I MAKE Initiative
• URL: i-make.world
• “I make with the world.”
• Goal:
• Promote maker culture in Hong Kong
• Raise awareness from students, parents and teachers on making as a mean to
develop life-long learning skills and creativity

Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015
• 28, 29 Nov 2015 in PolyU Campus + JCIT
• Expect to have at least 200 exhibits and 20000 visitors
• Workshops on 28-29 Nov, 5-6 Dec
• First ever Maker Faire in Hong Kong
• We would like to get as many students and teachers to participate as possible,
especially those with interesting works to show-and-tell
• Teachers from
• Visual Arts
• Design and Technology
• Information Technology
• Science
• Mathematics

Some Categories of Makers
Electronics Planting
Robotics (e.g. hexapod, biped, …) Farming
UAV (e.g. quadcropter) Personalized Motorized Mobility Device
RC model (e.g. racing car, plane,
helicopter)
Sports
Construction toys/systems Modeling
Toys and play Recycling/upcycling
3D printing/additive manufacturing Craft (metal, glass, ceramics, clothes)
Digital fabrication (CNC, Miller, laser cut) Printing

http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/faq-for-maker-portfolios

Schools’ Engagement Activities
• Competitions due on Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015
• I MAKE Typographic Design Competition
• Hebocon 2015
• Competition (for one year, with partner schools)
• Creative use of 3D printing technologies
• Co-creation (needs students to participate, for creating works to
show-case in Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015)
• Let’s Build Something (Really) Big Together
• Fab Textiles

I MAKE
Typographic Design Competition

I MAKE Typographic design competition
• What is your interpretation of “I MAKE”?
• How does your design concept communicate your interpretation?
• Must have real objects in it – found, made, natural, …
• We are looking for creative design which surprises us
• It can be static as well as animated
• http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/en/event/typographic-design-
competition

http://plentyofcolour.com/2011/05/24/typography-by-anna-garforth/
http://vi.sualize.us/object_typography_art_design_make_picture_3iyk.html
http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2012/06/toy-typography-colorful-letters-made-out-of-toys-charms-and-knickknacks/

Teams
• Those in primary or secondary schools, or International schools
• At most 3 students and one teacher (as advisor)
• In the following categories
• S1 to S3 or Grade 7 to 9
• S4 to S6 or Grade 10 to 12

Judging
• Selection criteria
• Interpretation
• Concept
• Aesthetics
• Use of materials
• Process
• Recognitions:
• Trophy for Gold, Silver, Bronze, Merit
• Display in Exhibition during Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015
• Display on i-make.world web site

Timeline
• Announcement: 1 Aug 2015
• Team registration deadline: 27 Sep 2015
• Submission deadline: 30 Oct 2015
• Announcement of winners: 28 Nov 2015
• Briefing and Tutorial Sessions: 26 Sep 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOi-pvVQokk

Schedule
• Competition on 28 or 29 Nov 2015
• Two types:
• Classic
• Water robot (tentative)

Creative use of 3D printing
• Theme:
• Fashion accessories
• Toys
• Local culture and Identity
• Create for ______
• Technical requirements
• Must have 3D printed parts
• Possible to combine with other materials and technologies

Schedule
• Announcement:
• Mid/late Aug 2015
• Enrolment in competition
• 20 Sep to 4 Oct 2015
• Short workshops
• 26 to 28 Sep 2015
• Seminars/Workshops (for partner schools only):
• Mid Oct 2015 to May 2016
• Open seminars
• Submission deadline:
• Jun 2016
• Exhibition and competition:
• July 2016
• Good quality work to be exhibited in Maker Faire Hong Kong 2016

Build Something Big Together
• From Sep 2015 till Nov 2015, for Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015
• Possible ideas:
• Make a Makey with at least 5m tall (or more) and with moving hands
• Make a fire dragon or lion head or with local culture, and interactive

E.g. with StrawBees + Arduino (optional)

Schedule (for Partner School only)
• Enrolment in competition
• 20 Sep to 4 Oct 2015
• Short workshops
• 26 to 28 Sep 2015
• Consultation sessions
• Oct 2015 to Nov 2015
• Show-and-tell and Performance during MakerFaire Hong Kong 2015

Any Questions, Suggestions,
Ideas?

References
• Heskett, J. (2009). Creating Economic Value by Design. International Journal of
Design, v3, n1. Retrieved from:
http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/477/243
• Hunter, M (2014) What is Design and Why it matters? Retrieved on 5 May 2015
from http://www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/uk-creative-overview/news-and-
views/view-what-is-design-and-why-it-matters
• Kolb, A., Kolb, D. (2005, May 15) The Kolb Learning Style Inventory – Version 3.1
2005 Technical Specifications. Retrieved from
http://learningfromexperience.com/media/2010/08/tech_spec_lsi.pdf

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