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A DESIGNER'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAKER MOVEMENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Vilhelm von Platen  and
Yoji Kitani
Vilhelm von Platen*
Affiliation:
Kyoto Institute of Technology
Yoji Kitani
Affiliation:
Kyoto Institute of Technology
*
Järnefors von Platen, Vilhelm Gustav Henrik, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan, d2882501@edu.kit.ac.jp

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The maker movement has garnered interest from many disparate fields, from engineering to business management, to behavioural science, to city planning. The reason for this interest no doubt stems from the promised potential of the maker movement to revolutionize not only product creation and manufacturing, but in extension the economy around it. This paper examines existing literature across disciplines for evidence of what the maker movement has achieved so far, with a focus on implications for the field of Industrial Design.

Keywords

Maker movementEntrepreneurshipCollaborative designInnovationIndustrial design

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 3: ICED23 , July 2023 , pp. 101 - 110
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