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3D Hackathon

The Met / Makerbot

Brought to You by MetMediaLab Practical Lessons for your Institution

Survey Questions

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Jonathan Dehan

Lessons

•  Show, don’t tell

•  Go where the interesting people are

•  YOU are interesting!

•  Ask for stuff for free!

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Lec Maj

Free!

Game-Changer

$0 + $0

= Priceless

Let’s have a Hackathon! More Artists = More Ideas!

speculative problem space?

unclear metrics for ‘success’?

unfamiliar technology?

big community of smart creatives?

cool content?

Lessons

•  Leave room for ideas to change and grow

•  Find good partners

•  Community!

•  Trust younger staff, support risk-taking

•  Steal ideas (give credit) !

What’s a Hackathon?

•  Compressed time period

•  Smart people who make things

•  Caffeine

•  Broadly defined problems

•  Intrinsic reward

Hackathon in THE MET?

logistics? communications?

press?

budget?

tradition?

curators?

cultural sensitivity?

physical space?

catering?

security?

wifi?

visitor servces?

Erin

Jackie

Me

Lessons

•  Listen to the voices of experience.

•  Be prepared to compromise

American Oceania

Arms and Armor

Asian

I Bless This List

• No Acquisition

•  Share your work

•  Use Approved Objects, Please

Artists:

• No Pre-Press

•  Insurance!

• No promotional activity at event

Makerbot:

Swallow the Bitter Pill

Have a Documentation Plan

• Operating Systems

•  Tools

•  Software (free? expensive? ease of use?)

•  Techniques

•  Resources

Survey Results •  Openscad •  3D Studio Max •  Maya •  Mixology Modo •  Zbrush •  Mudbox •  Wacom Tablets •  Windows and Mac

•  MeshMixer •  Netfabb •  MeshLab •  Sculptress •  Rhino •  Cinema 4D •  Blender •  Replicator G

Lesson

•  Printing is SLOW

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We Met Heads On By Matthew Plummer-Fernandez

Success?

“We all learned a lot!”

Good Press

thingiverse.com/met

Relationships

Main Points •  Not a core museum skill (new tech thing x)

•  Not a huge museum priority on its own

•  Uncertain, surprising results

•  Enthusiastic Community

•  Data sharing

•  Inspiration is a two-way street

Community Culture

Inspiration

Museums Creative Technologists

Content History

Knowledge Authority

Expertise Enthusiasm Curiosity

Time

Community Culture

Inspiration

Museums Creative Technologists

Content History

Knowledge Authority

Expertise Enthusiasm Curiosity

Time $$?

“Vendors”

Principles

•  Get Involved and Make Things ™

• NOT Museum Agenda-Driven

•  Intrinsic Reward

• Open Data, Code, Results

•  Play along at home

Potential Pitfalls

•  Acquisition?

•  Free labor?

•  Favoritism?

•  Intimidation?

• Overpromising?

•  Bad Actors?

Making it Work for You

•  Relationships are #1, #2, and #3

•  Low expectations, budget, commitment

•  Build on small wins

•  Share

Questions?

@donundeen Don.undeen@metmuseum.org