No, it is a social project. An open knowledge sharing platform.
Why did we start this project?
We believe fixing is a valuable creative and social resource and we now know that people all over the world feel the same. Fixperts creates content that encourages people to use the power of fixing to solve everyday problems and that’s awesome.
Is there a vision?
We want everyone in the world to feel that they can fix stuff and solve problems. We believe that the design process applied to small fixing challenges has the potential to give people the insight and confidence to find solutions for themselves and others.
How did it start ?
A conversation between James Carrigan (co-founder of sugru) and Daniel Charny (curator of Power of Making). We’ve been talking about working together for a long while and fixing as a way of thinking seemed like the right thing.
We loved the idea of involving as many makers as possible and decided to test it out so we set ourselves a 6 week deadline to build the pilot. It took a group of passionate people that believed in the idea to pull it together and we launched fixperts.org with the first 5 films in September 2012. We discovered that people connected with the idea and wanted to get involved.
After the pilot we concentrated on projects in design education:
We think that design education is a good place to start, so we are talking to and looking for schools, universities and colleges that are interested to run Fixperts as a project in or bedside their curriculum. We have developed a brief and project guidelines to support educators to run Fixperts as part of their course. We would one day love to see it become part of creative education also in secondary schools but we know have to build up the film archive first.
Education is a great resource of creative people ready to explore a diverse range of projects that can positively influence their creative process. Fixperts as a project structure combines many important factors in offering a valuable learning experience;
Working in a collaborative team
Real world experience
Creating strong visual communication through film
Developing strong relationships with a “client”
Developing a solution through an iterative design process
Learning to listen and understand the needs of others
Connecting with your immediate environment
Do we make money ?
No, this is a labour of love. However, as the project grows it will be important to generate resources to support Fixperts.
How is it funded ?
To date, Fixperts exists through the hard work and commitment of like minded people. In instances where we have needed to pay for services or materials James and Daniel dig into their own pockets.
How far can it go ?
Our ambitions for Fixperts are organic. We are excited by the possibilities of the project and love being approached by people that are excited to get involved.
We’d love to see it become an add on to creative education and we think that when there are enough films it could grow up to be a resource for all kinds of research, and that’s just for starters!
So after all that what how do you actually get started?
You need to be part of a team that includes
A designer or maker, we call them Fixperts. These are lovely people that want to apply their imagination and skill to solve a problem through fixing.
A story teller, we call them the Fixfilm-makers. These lovely people capture the process and translate the conversations and experiments into a mini documentary to share the journey with others.
and of course
Someone with a fixing challenge, we call them the Fixpartners. These lovely people are happy to invite a Fixpert into their lives.
To get started, download a guide or simply register with Fixperts.org.
Fixperts is Dedicated to:
The Fixperts project is dedicated to designer and educator Ami Drach (1963 – 2012). A master Fixpert himself Professor Ami Drach exemplified the social and creative values that this project is all about.
We think that design education is a good place to start, so we are talking to and looking for schools, universities and colleges that are interested to run Fixperts as a project in or bedside their curriculum. We have developed a brief and project guidelines to support educators to run Fixperts as part of their course. We would one day love to see it become part of creative education also in secondary schools but we know have to build up the film archive first.
Education is a great resource of creative people ready to explore a diverse range of projects that can positively influence their creative process. Fixperts as a project structure combines many important factors in offering a valuable learning experience;
Working in a collaborative team
Real world experience
Creating strong visual communication through film
Developing strong relationships with a “client”
Developing a solution through an iterative design process
Learning to listen and understand the needs of others
Connecting with your immediate environment
Do we make money ?
No, this is a labour of love. However, as the project grows it will be important to generate resources to support Fixperts.
How is it funded ?
To date, Fixperts exists through the hard work and commitment of like minded people. In instances where we have needed to pay for services or materials James and Daniel dig into their own pockets.
How far can it go ?
Our ambitions for Fixperts are organic. We are excited by the possibilities of the project and love being approached by people that are excited to get involved.
We’d love to see it become an add on to creative education and we think that when there are enough films it could grow up to be a resource for all kinds of research, and that’s just for starters!
So after all that what how do you actually get started?
You need to be part of a team that includes
A designer or maker, we call them Fixperts. These are lovely people that want to apply their imagination and skill to solve a problem through fixing.
A story teller, we call them the Fixfilm-makers. These lovely people capture the process and translate the conversations and experiments into a mini documentary to share the journey with others.
and of course
Someone with a fixing challenge, we call them the Fixpartners. These lovely people are happy to invite a Fixpert into their lives.
To get started, download a guide or simply register with Fixperts.org.
Fixperts is Dedicated to:
The Fixperts project is dedicated to designer and educator Ami Drach (1963 – 2012). A master Fixpert himself Professor Ami Drach exemplified the social and creative values that this project is all about.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FIXPERTS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FIXPERTS: FIXING WITH SUGRU
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FIXPERTS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FIXPERTS
FIXPERTS TEAMFixperts – Introduction from Fixperts on Vimeo.
Fixperts Introduction
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