Maker City: 香港 Hong Kong

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MAKER CITY 香香 Hong Kong Research collected by Jason Li, Editor 88-bar.com

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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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MAKER CITY香港 Hong Kong

Research collected by Jason Li, Editor 88-bar.com

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How are makers working to improve the future of your city?

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Mini-Maker Fairehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmakerfaire/sets/72157635165688596/

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Hardware startups

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Hackerspace

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Urban farming

Above: rooftop

Below: hydroponic

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DIY crafts

Top half: leather DIY

Bottom half: crafts co-working space

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Apartment hackingTop, left: transformers apartments (Gary Chang, Debi Yeung)

Right: converted industrial buildings (often grey area legality)

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Community

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What is unique about maker culture in your city?

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• Disconnected from one another

• Haunted by necessity (some)

• “Alternative” not mainstreamHobbyist not big business

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year_Fair

• https://www.facebook.com/goodswap • https://zello.com

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