Mark Frauenfelder: Making Makers

Starts: Tuesday, June 17 7:00 PM

Ends: Tuesday, June 17 8:00 PM

The Edmonton Public Library along with Edmonton Economic Development and Make Something Edmonton, is proud to welcome Mark Frauenfelder for a series of events on June 16 & 17th in the EPL Makerspace and the Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founding editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, the founder of Boing Boing (boingboing.net), and the editor-in-chief of Cool-Tools.org. He was and editor at Wired from 1993-1998, the founding editor of Wired.com and is the author of seven books. His latest book is "Maker Dad: Lunch Box Guitars, Anti-Gravity Jars and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects."

With entertaining and surprising images and stories Mark presents the rich history of making and our return to that culture. The early 2000's represented phase one of that rebirth, and might be called "modern" making: people making cool stuff for the love of making. In the last five years people have started making new tools and technologies that enable anyone to be a maker. Creating access to these tools and materials as well as the opportunity to share and collaborate with others is essential to the maker experience. Starting with a colorful history of 19th and 20th century making, Mark will present the new tools and technologies that are driving innovation and giving individuals and small groups the ability to create amazing things that would've been out of their reach a few years ago. He then will present new, inexpensive, and effective ways to conduct research and development, design prototypes, and set up manufacturing at home, and in makerspaces, libraries, schools, companies, and other spaces.

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Event Location

Stanley A. Milner Library
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 2V4