Manila
Mini Maker Faire (MMMF), last year’s most exciting event is
back for the second year in a row. This faire will once again put the
Philippines in the global maker map as The
Mind Museum, Make Magazine, and co-presenter 3M Philippines organizes this
event slated on June 23-24, 2018 at The
Mind Museum. The entrance to this event is free to the public.
A Maker Faire is “a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who
love sharing what they can do. It’s a venue for makers to show examples of
their work and interact with others about it. Many makers say they have no
other place to share what they do. DIY (Do-It-Yourself) is often invisible in
our communities, taking place in shops, garages and on kitchen tables. It’s
typically out of the spotlight of traditional art or science or craft events.
Maker Faire makes visible these projects and ideas that we don’t encounter
every day.”
Here are the top 6 things to expect
at the Manila Mini Maker Faire
(MMMF) 2018:
The
Manila Mini Maker Faire 2018 will have over
70 Makers from all over the Philippines, including Visayas and Mindanao;
A showcase of projects featuring
paper crafts, upcycled furniture, electronic beatboxes, and a lightweight car
body made from abaca and the usual favorites like robots, 3D printing, STEAM
education, and so much more!
For
those who want to learn new things, a variety of free and ticketed workshops such
as paper engineering, clay and pottery-making, 3D design;
Networking and collaboration with
makers from different parts of the country;
A
special innovation tour to be hosted by 3M Philippines;
Maker’s Networking Night for an extraordinary
chance for participants to interact with their fellow makers; and
A
lot more exploration in the fields of science, engineering, art, performance
and craft.
Linking Science and Art
What is game-changing about the
Manila Mini Maker Faire and the Maker movement in general is that they actively
explore the cross-overs among the fields of science, engineering, art,
performance and craft. It is no longer about isolated crafts or guilds but
about how one field can inform the other and produce innovative things! The
technologies that are birthed in these junctions are extremely interesting and
many of them could become breakthroughs. The key is experimentation and
collaboration not just with the specialists in your field but with others
working on other kinds of materials, processes and knowledge.
"The Mind Museum continues to push for the
Filipino public to be part not just of the conversations in science and
engineering around the world but also in making and doing. This second MMMF in
a row that The Mind Museum is hosting is a salute to the makers in our local
community who not only affirm but persist, despite the odds, to breed and raise
the bar of creativity in the way technology can be at the service of human
lives," says Maribel Garcia, curator of The Mind Museum.
"3M Philippines has been behind The Mind Museum since
its beginning as a founding donor. We are pleased to support the Manila Mini
Maker Faire on its second run this 2018. Innovation is at the heart of 3M.
We never stop being curious because there is a value in asking what if. In wondering.
Wonder leads to improving the world around us,” shares Ariel Lacsamana,
President and Managing Director of 3M Philippines.
The original Maker Faire event was
held in San Mateo, CA in 2006 and in 2017 celebrated its twelfth annual show
with some 1,250 makers and 150,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New
York, the other flagship event, has grown in five years to 900+ makers and
90,000 attendees. Twenty-three other larger scale Maker Faires occur in cities
around the world—Detroit, Atlanta, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and Shenzhen to
name a few— and over 120 community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker
Faires are now being produced around the world.
The Manila Mini Maker Faire is made
possible by 3M Philippines and also supported by Norde International
Distributors, PCBWay, and Lush.
Visit The Mind Museum on June 23-24,
2018, and personally experience just what local passion and ingenuity can
conjure up. Drop by, and be inspired by the various Filipino makers that manage
to make their mark through DIY!
For more info, visit: http://manila.makerfaire.com/
Official Social Media Pages:
Instagram: @makerfairemanila
Twitter: @makerfaireMNL
