Make Works
  • Make Works Handbook
  • Introduction
    • Exploring a Region's Potential
    • Who can set up a Make Works Region?
    • Talking about Make Works
    • Stay Connected
  • Assessing your Make Works Region
  • On boarding new Make Works Regions
    • How to: Fab City Full Stack Workshop
    • How to: Region's About page
  • Factory Visits
    • How to: First Factory encounter
    • How to: Prepare for a Factory visit
    • How to: Film in Factories
    • How to: Get a brilliant interview
  • Listings
    • Checklist: For creating a listing
    • How to: Use Make Works
    • How to: Enter a listing
    • How to: Taxonomies - Materials, Processes, Industry
  • Launch
    • How to: Decide on a launch format and schedule
  • Communications
    • How to: Content Writing
    • How to: Submit a Story
    • How to: Use Make Works' Stories
  • Up and running
    • How to: Maintain relationships with listed factories
    • How to: Manage your Day to Day
    • FAQ: Tricky Situations
  • Funding & Budgets
  • Acknowledgments
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Introduction

Make Works is an open source, global library for local and sustainable production

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If you’ve gotten this far, then it is likely an introduction to isn’t required! However, it is worth sharing a few key things and telling you where you can read more.

’ mission is to make local manufacturing openly accessible.

An open access factory finder, we source manufacturers, makers, material suppliers and workshops in local areas defined by . The online platform allows designers, makers, artists, engineers, entrepreneurs, micro-businesses and everyone that wants to, to search listings in their local area so that they can find someone who can assist them to create, prototype, build or repair things.

is also open in the way that it is made. are created by passionate individuals, groups and organisations who want to map manufacturing in their local area. In our experience, motivation to establish a Make Works region can range from supporting creative communities to economic development, preserving heritage and skills to amplifying a creative industries. The network of Make Works regions constitute the distributed Coordination Team.

The Coordination Team is based at at the (IAAC) , Barcelona. IAAC is a centre for research, education, production and outreach, with the mission of envisioning the future habitat of our society and building it in the present. has been home to Make Works since 2018. The Coordination Team together with the established regions are responsible for visioning the future of Make Works. In addition, the Coordination Team supports the existing and emerging regions, strategically facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges for a horizontal management of Make Works. As a convivial point of interaction the Team listens and engages with global and local communities in various activities.

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