Slides from a talk given by Veera & Ibnur about the maker culture in Singapore and the work of the Sustainable Living Lab (SL2) at blinkBL_NK on 18 July. Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/sl2square or check out our site at www.sl2square.org All photo rights belong to their respective owners.

1. LOCALIZING THE MAKER CULTURE
PROMOTING THE KAMPUNG SPIRIT OF INNOVATION IN SINGAPORE

3. Rejection of Mass
Consumption

4. Awareness of
Sustainable Lifestyles

5. Massive Amounts
Of Internet Everywhere

6. Tools that aid
personal creativity

7. A Growing
Maker Community

8. MAKING IS
MORE THAN DIY

9. MAKING CREATES
A SENSE OF AGENCY

10. STATE OF THE
MAKER CULTURE HERE

11. “No DIY culture in Singapore lah”
“You are targ
eting a mark
et that doesn
’t exist”
“Kids don’t play Lego anymore”
d ”
o t intereste
y, people n
a ke mone
“If cannot m
“Repair for what?
C an buy a new on
e”

12. THEY’RE
MOSTLY
WRONG!!

13. WHAT A
MAKER IN
SINGAPORE
LOOKS LIKE

15. What We Observed
• Diverse Interests
• Hobbyish in Outlook
• Small but Tight Groups
• Many have Blog Shops
• Strong Online Support Community
• Poor Support from Local Workshops
• Almost everyone is interested in
making something

16. ENCOURAGING A GROWING
MAKER CULTURE IN SINGAPORE

17. INTENT
SPACE TOOLS
COMMUNITY

19. iBam Simplicity speaks

20. iBam2 Simplicity speaks

21. FiredUp Fire Up your

22. Kadbod Board It Up!

23. Khatib
SL Kampung Eco-Education
Ground

24. Veera
veera@sl2square.org
Ibnur
ibnur@sl2square.org
81 Lorong Chencharu
Yishun (Bottle Tree Park)
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