Social Enterprise Meetup
On Thursday, May 15 we hosted the first in a series of six Social Enterprise meetups. Attended by the guys from the Restart Project, 2052, Khama, Architecture for Humanity and Makerversity, discussions covered funding, how to keep a business social, difficulties as start up and a general exchange of ideas around the running and management of a business.
Hardware Startup Lab
On Tuesday April 29th, the Hardware Startup Lab - the first community in London entirely dedicated to hardware startups - hosted their monthly meetup here at Makerversity with 65 guests in attendance.
The meetup featured special guest speakers Brady Forrest, Vice-President of Highway1, as well as Carson Brown and Bobur Ashurov, co-founders of Cliq, “a touch sensitive smartphone case that puts the things you need most at the tip of your fingers”, which they also demoed at the event.
HS Lab is a network of all things hardware startup, covering anything from design and engineering to manufacture, entrepreneurship platforms and funding to wearable tech. Find them on Twitter and YouTube
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Images by David Bellisario
Rob Flowers x Makerversity’s Monster Making Marathon
On Friday April 25th, Makerversity teamed up with our lovely partners at Somerset House and illustrator and professional dandy Rob Flowers, to run a workshop as part of Pick Me Up London 2014.
The Monster Making Marathon invited visitors to join in by imagining monsters, turning them from 2D drawings into 3D models and populating Monster Island with creatures that live across land, sea and air.
We used our laser cutters, 3D printers and vinyl cutter, along with pens, paints and fabrics to create a huge range of monsters with the visitors at the event that over the course of the day filled Monster Island.
Big thanks to Rob for working with us and Somerset House for giving us a nice big space and baying public to make a mess with. Also big thanks to all the volunteers at Pick Me Up for making this happen. You Rule.
Your can check out both Rob and Pick Me Up on twitter - @pickmeuplondon | @hellorobflowers
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Images by 2052 Photography