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Everyday Hacking with Jesse Howard

Join designer Jesse Howard to transform a series of domestic objects and learn the principles of open-source design in this hands-on workshop.

What to expect

How can we create objects for the home that can be made and repaired by anyone? Gain a unique insight into the maker movement and create your own domestic objects in this one-day workshop.

In the first part of the session, participants will be introduced to the principles of open-source design, before taking apart and analysing a selection of domestic objects. In this part of the day, you will develop your own design to transform an industrially produced fan into a new object for the home.

In the afternoon, participants will produce their transformed fan, using proto-typing, hacking, basic electronics and modelling. The day will also include free-entry and a group-tour with Jesse Howard of the Design Museum’s current exhibition Home Futures.

No prior knowledge or experience is required. All materials will be provided.

This workshop coincides with the Home Futures exhibition on display at the Design Museum between 7 November and 24 March

Booking information

This workshop is now fully booked.

Radio, photo by Tilen Sepič

Waterboiler, Thomas Lommée

Improvised vacuum, photo by Jesse Howard

Speaker

Jesse Howard

Jesse is an Amsterdam-based designer / researcher focusing on creating objects that question the established relationship between designers, producers, and users, which as a result speculate on new systems of making.

Related exhibition

Home Futures

Explore today’s home through the prism of yesterday’s imagination. Are we living in the way that pioneering architects and designers throughout the 20th century predicted, or has our idea of home proved resistant to real change?