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MAKING GOOD

Leah Buechley leahbuechley.com

@leahbuechley

WHAT IS MAKING?

pics of different kinds of making

Cave Painting, Lascaux Francephoto: Sisse Brimberg~17,300 years old

OR

IS MARVELOUS!

BUT…

WHO ARE MAKERS?

10+ YEARS 45 COVERS 41 PEOPLE

MEN & BOYS 85 % WOMEN & GIRLS 15 %

* as of July 2015

10+ YEARS 44 COVERS 41 PEOPLE

No black person has ever been on the cover of MAKE magazine.

* as of July 2015

2015 BAY AREA MAKER FAIRE, MAIN STAGE

MEN & BOYS 73 % WOMEN & GIRLS 27 %

2012 STUDY

MEN 80 % WOMEN 20 % !

MEDIAN AGE 44 COLLEGE DEGREE 97 % POST GRADUATE EDUCATION 80%

WHO ARE MAKERS (PART 2)?

MONEY

2012 STUDY

MEDIAN INCOME OF $106,000 !

MORE THAN 82% OF AMERICANS MORE THAN 96% OF AMERICANS

WHO ARE MAKERS?

WHO WHAT

WHAT COUNTS AS MAKING?

10+ YEARS 45 COVERS PROJECTS

ELECTRONICS 59 % VEHICLES 37 % ROBOTS 29 % DRONES 12 % ROCKETS 7 % MUSIC 5 %

* as of July 2015

WHY DOES THIS MATTER?

THINGS CAN BE DIFFERENT!

THINGS CAN BE DIFFERENT!

1. THINK CRITICALLY

You’re not a jerk for thinking critically.

2. ASK QUESTIONS. LISTEN.

3. TELL LOTS OF DIFFERENT STORIES.

Grandmaster Flash

Seed Pot by Dorothy TorvinoAcoma Pueblo

4. DO LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

earrings

Margaret Wertheim crochetcoralreef.org

earrings

Laser Dresses Hussein Chalayan 2008 spring/summer collection

video of taped together circuits

http://chibitronics.com/

Karen Wilkinson & Mike Petrich The Tinkering Studio http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/

Karen Wilkinson & Mike Petrich The Tinkering Studio http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/

Ron Eglash Culturally Situated Design Tools http://csdt.rpi.edu/

THANK YOU!

Leah Buechley leahbuechley.com

@leahbuechley