frankfurt collective: learn playful, stay curious

Frankfurt Collective

Curiosity is a part of us since we where little.

It’s part of our playful exploration of the world we live in.

But when we get older, curiosity turns into education.

Curiosity is left behind — by a learning process.

How can we get back this curiosity — and match it with a way of education.

Frankfurt Collective !

A network of event and content formats supporting the Frankfurt creative community.

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“learn playful, stay curious“

Frankfurt Collective history/reason !

Frankfurt Collective was founded in the late nineties by LAB75 to give local artists and entrepreneurs a platform to exchange and develop ideas and products. !

During the last 3 years this turned into a vital design, technology and education centric community. !

Hyper creative hubs like Berlin, Barcelona have proven, that there is a high potential for more innovation hotspots.

Frankfurt Collective idea/vision !

The existing network of event and content formats provides a creative sandbox for kids, individuals, entrepreneurs to explore and discover the future in non conventional environments. !

We aim to extend these concepts to leverage the quantity and quality of innovation coming from Frankfurt am Main.

learn something

make something

show something

Frankfurt Collective supports the ideation loop.

Visual Design

IdeationTechnology

Science Entertainment

RoboticsProcessing

Programming

Arduino

3D PrintingGame Design

Product DesignCAD CAM

DIY

3D Design Prototyping

Frankfurt Collective is a pool of complementing assets.

TEDx RheinMain Rocketminds

OpenTech School

RheinMainFabLabFFM+++

Talks about ideas worth spreading !A global conference series licensed for RheinMain.

BrandEins about curiosity !Online Magazine about making, science and more.

Hands-on tech workshops !Local learning events for geeks and beginners.

Making things !!A small-scale workshop for makers.

TEDx RheinMainTED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. !TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. !Events of TEDxRheinMain took place at the Capitol Offenbach, Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt, Börse Frankfurt, ESA Darmstadt and Univirsity Mainz. !!!!!Weblinks tedxrheinmain.de facebook.com/TEDxRheinMain youtube.com/user/RheinMainTEDx twitter.com/TEDxRheinMain plus.google.com/+TEDxRheinMainDE

Rocketminds

Developed out of TEDx RheinMain, Rocketminds was started as an online magazine focusing on topics like space, science, exploration and ideation. !As a first collaboration spin-off, Rocketminds collaborates with the european space agency (esa) and other german scientific institutes on topics of space, science, exploration and ideation. !Content will be produced by a core team of bloggers and aggregated from activities of the FrankfurtCollective community as well as global topics of interest. !!!!!!!Weblinks rocketminds.net/blog facebook.com/groups/rocketminds storify.com/Rocketminds pinterest.com/rocketminds

OpenTechSchool RheinMain

OpenTechSchool is a community initiative offering free programming workshops and meetups to technology enthusiasts of all genders, backgrounds, and experience levels. !OTS’ main goal is to create a friendly learning environment where no one feels shy about asking any question: Everyone is invited to participate, whether as a coach or a learner. !OpenTechSchool RheinMain has an international audience with a broad background ranging from tech, design to administration. !!!!!!Weblinks opentechschool.org/rheinmain meetup.com/opentechschool-rheinmain facebook.com/groups/1456164181273500 twitter.com/OTS_RM

FabLab FFM

!FabLab FFM will be launched in summer 2014 as a fabrication laboratory located in Frankfurt/Bornheim as a community space to explore but mainly to really create tangible things. !Spreading the access to modern means of invention, it will be equipped with an array of flexible computer controlled tools that cover wide range of scales and materials, with the aim to make "almost anything". This includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production. !FabLab FFM will focus on edutainment (workshops, user groups, meet ups ) but will offer the needed infrastructure to work on prototypes, projects and ideas on a commercial scope as well. !!!!!Weblinks fablabffm.org twitter.com/fablabffm

Frankfurt Collective: From zero to hero.

TEDx

RocketMinds

OTSFabLab

learn something

learn something

make something

make somethingROOKIE

EXPERT

listens to a talk about DIY drones

reads an article about

the future potential

joins a drone project to get started

builds its first drone

shares his story about becoming an expert

Why do we need it?

Change is always a part of our history.

But today it’s happening much faster.

A change in production.

A change in working.

A change in living.

We need agile structures to experiment…

about what the future might look like.

A structure that connects people.

Frankfurt Collective: a blueprint for a curios future.

Frankfurt Collective next steps !

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1.establish an open content and community platform to exchange and develop ideas.

2.assist in the process of transferring knowledge, educating youth, startups entrepreneurs and let them spread the word.

3.create events which cross link all these disciplines to an industry driven mash up to create innovative products and endeavours.

— Smiley Blanton

„A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.“

thank you!

FrankfurtCollective is supported by LAB75

Founded in 1999, LAB75 Design GmbH is running three design and innovation hubs in Frankfurt, Berlin and Zürich by today. The workforce around Marco Bahn and Wolfgang Weicht consists of an international multidisciplinary team covering all aspects of an integrated industrial design process. !A variety of long term partnerships with collaborating design and software engineering studios as well as mechanical engineers and production facilities for real world products complete our external network and reflect our focus on rapidly evolving goods and environments. !!!!!!!Weblinks lab75.jp facebook.com/LAB75

Contact !Wolfgang Weicht wolfgang@lab75.jp !LAB75 Design GmbH Arnsburger Strasse 62 60385 Frankfurt am Main !Frankfurt, 24.03. 2014