“…there issomething very novel and thrilling to me, to build with wood and stone… I can’t recreate that sense of pleasure online.”
I just watched a documentary called “the Startup kids”, which gives a brief overview of young entrepreneurs who have succeeded (and failed) online. They say the same thing all entrepreneurs say: “Just do it.”, “Be willing to loose everything”, “Change the world”, “Expect to fail at least once”.
Encouraging and daunting at the same time. But one entrepreneur said something that really resonated with theMakerSpace dream:
“My entire career has been spent online pushing pixels around, and there issomething very novel and thrilling to me, to build with wood and stone, with my friends. To iterate with these materials, to make physical things we can use… I can’t recreate that sense of pleasure online. I can’t explain it, i don’t think it’s permanent, it’s just right now this is where i’m most inspired.”
Zach Klein started collegehumor.com and vimeo. Now he builds cabins in the woods and works a 3 day week in NY. I’m convinced that the more time we spend immersed in this digital life, the more our soul,mind and body cry out for an authentic tactile experience. Doesn’t it ring true to you, that after a hard week of email, ipad, facebook, excel and admin you crave a physical outcome to your work? I think it must be even more relevant for Graphic designers, who seldom get to see the physical outcome of their digital creations.
That is what is so exciting about the maker movement, it’s like our digital culture has been pulling us deeper and deeper into a catapult and when it’s unleashed there will be an explosion of creativity manifesting in a physical form!
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