MAKER CITY香港 Hong Kong

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

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

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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

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• 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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