The Future of Making: Where Industrial and Personal Fabrication Meet

• DOI: 10.7146/aahcc.v1i1.21394
• Publication Date: 2015-10-14T11:43:29Z
• Authors: Verena Fuchsberger; Martin Murer; Manfred Tscheligi; Silvia Lindtner; Andreas Reiter; Shaowen Bardzell; Jeffrey Bardzell; Pernille Bjørn
• Keywords: 05 social sciences; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This one-day workshop seeks to reflect on the notion of fab- rication in both personal and industrial contexts. Although these contexts are very distinct in their economical and polit- ical vision, they share important characteristics (e.g., users interacting with specific fabrication equipment and tools). The workshop topic spans from personal fabrication to (au- tomated) production, from applied to theoretical considera- tions, from user requirements to design as a crafting practice. We will address changes in production that affect humans, e.g., from mass production to Do-It-Yourself (DIY) produc- tion, in order to discuss findings and lessons learned for in- dividual and collective production workplaces of the future. We aim to explore the intersections between different dimen- sions and processes of production ranging all the way from hobbyist to professional making. Furthermore, the workshop will critically reflect on current developments and their conse- quences on personal, societal, and economical levels includ- ing questions of the reorganization of work and labor, inno- vation cultures, and politics of participation. </span></p></div></div></div>