Make little, Make often: ideas for the future of UK manufacturing
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Make little, make often. This document discusses the future of UK manufacturing and proposes several ideas. It notes that half of makers have craft as a second career and most are sole traders. While craft sales remain local, makers are shifting to online sales. The document suggests opportunities exist if manufacturing embraces change, and proposes projects that could be made and funded in the UK, leveraging the creative industries and rethinking engagement with digital products.
Make little, Make often: ideas for the future of UK manufacturing
- 1. Make little, Make often. Ideas for the future of UK manufacturing Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino [email protected] @iotwatch
- 2. The nostalgia of making. Gustave Caillebotte
- 3. The nostalgia of industrialisation? Photo by Lewis Hine
- 6. Making is a. The act of one that makes. b. The process of coming into being c. The means of gaining success or realizing potential d. The abilities or qualities needed for development.
- 7. The realities of making now. Photo by Matt Biddulph
- 9. For half of makers (50%), craft was a second career. 88% of makers are sole traders.
- 10. Net profits remain modest and a significant minority of makers feel they lack the general business skills they need to grow, especially in marketing. Craft sales remain locally focused, with limited exports.
- 11. Makers reported moderate declines in their main selling channels, especially gallery and exhibitions sales, and a shift towards online sales, though these were still relatively small. Around 30% of makers were selling through their own website, but only 3% were selling through social media.
- 13. !"#$%&'(
- 19. The other reality of making now. DOesLiverpool studio
- 20. Making powered by curiosity.
- 29. RepRap
- 30. Makerbots
- 31. Bre Pettris & Makerbot thing
- 32. From 1 to 100. (If you don’t want to quit your day job)
- 35. From 1 to 10 000. (If you want to quit your day job tomorrow.)
- 39. There are plenty of opportunities for manufacturing if it accepts it needs to change.
- 40. From 1 to 1 000? (If you want to build a sustainable business)
- 41. FRSTEE A snowman based on your Twitter data.
- 42. Inition Rapid prototyping 0.1miles away.
- 43. Projects that could be made & funded here.
- 44. Makielab Rapid prototyped dolls based on a virtual world.
- 45. Bubblino A bubble machine that listens to Twitter.
- 46. Molly A little robot that gives you sweets when you RT.
- 48. Bakertweet Lets bakers tell the web what they’ve just baked.
- 49. Good Night Lamp Family of connected lamps.
- 50. Making in the UK should mean a. Helping businesses digitise their services b. Helping businesses sell online c. Encouraging local platforms (Folksy) d. Using the UK as a step to China e. Enable new makers to meet manufacturers
- 51. Making in the UK should mean f. We need to rethink academia / training for makers. g. We need to leverage our creative industries j. We need to rethink how we engage with digital products & platforms.