sense and sensibility: the future of making things

Sense & Sensibility:The future of making things

@iotwatch

alex@designswarm.com

First UK distributor of the Arduino (2007-2010)

Product & interaction designer

Founder Good Night Lamp & consultant designswarm

NB: I know as much as youdo about the future.

I know nothing about how you live.

Nations are rarely islands.Everyone has a neighbour.

‘Making’ is not an island,isolated from the pressuresof capitalism and consumerism.

It leads to consumerism

It is hiding behind a storyof education and development.

It is hiding behind crowdfundingand investment.

It is hiding behind a storyof invention.

And it doesn’t always work.

Or worse.

So where does making belong?

Where politicians won’t go.

For conservation of the few.

Where open means opening upa closed slow market.

Because we have the power of ideas,we need to be careful about where we bring them to life.

What is the role of the city?

Engage and educate citizens.

Get corporations to be better citizens.

Financially support making small, open things.

Build new visions for the future.

Support making small, open things.

Thank you.

@iotwatch

alex@designswarm.com