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Slides from my presentation on how makers are working to improve the future of Hong Kong. Original presentation was given on April 6, 2014 at the Maker Cities meetup in Shenzhen organized by the Institute for the Future.
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How are makers working to improve the future of your city?
Mini-Maker Fairehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmakerfaire/sets/72157635165688596/
Hardware startups
Hackerspace
Urban farming
Above: rooftop
Below: hydroponic
DIY crafts
Top half: leather DIY
Bottom half: crafts co-working space
Apartment hackingTop, left: transformers apartments (Gary Chang, Debi Yeung)
Right: converted industrial buildings (often grey area legality)
Community
What is unique about maker culture in your city?
• Disconnected from one another
• Haunted by necessity (some)
• “Alternative” not mainstreamHobbyist not big business
• Mini-Maker Faire• http://hkmakerfaire.wordpress.com
• Hardware startups• http://lookingglassfactory.com • http://makibox.com• http://phonejoy.com • http://www.ambiclimate.com
• Hackerspace• https://www.facebook.com/DimSumLabs • https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackjam
hk
• Urban farming• https://www.facebook.com/cityfarm.hk • http://www.hkfarm.org • https://www.facebook.com/farmdirecthk
• DIY crafts• http://www.alriworkshop.com • http://www.fungusworkshop.net/main.html • https://www.facebook.com/motifstudio • https://www.facebook.com/leatherism.hand
made.products
• http://www.auroraleatherware.com/course-details.html
• https://www.facebook.com/LeatherDIY • http://www.thecrafties.hk
• Apartment hacking• http://www.designboom.com/architecture/g
ary-chang-on-urbanism-and-his-metamorphic-apartment
• http://www.educationpost.com.hk/resources/art-design/130813-architecture-interior-designer-debi-yeung-small-apartment-turned-big
• http://blogs.wsj.com/hong-kong/2011/05/31/lofts-living-large-and-illegaly
• Community• http://hkmarkets.org • https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/hong-kong
-air-pollution/id504536152
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year_Fair
• https://www.facebook.com/goodswap • https://zello.com
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