By Hand & Brain [Making] I keep wondering about Maker garbage, Maker detritus. I haven’t seen any yet. What does a charity shop in a full-on Maker culture look like, or a boot sale? Would we sort through them, looking for treasures in the same way we do now? Have you ever seen the…

By Hand & Brain [Alice had slightly different questions to the other contributors, related to her work at MakieLab.] MakieLab’s one thing is about making 3D printed toys from digital stuff: games, apps, other toys even. We believe in making pretend real, having fun and trying to be as sustainable as possible, too. We…

By Hand & Brain [On this time] There are always periods like this. Any commonly defined era has felt itself to be approaching a point of breakthrough or perfection. There was a time when people thought science was a concluded form, and that we’d answered all the questions of import to our satisfaction. Sometimes…

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