Broad Overview of Curriculum

Year 1: Analog Fabrication Skills Development

• pick up a wide variety of maker skills

• get accustomed to getting hands dirty

• adopt a culture of try first, worry later

• cultivating ‘let’s make our own!, instead of just buy lah’ mindset

• inspire fulfilment in designing & making for oneself

Year 2: Digital Fabrication Skills Development

• acquire basic electronics know-how

• bridging electronics, code & physical making to create real-world objects

• making as a ‘superpower’, to customise the world around you; solving daily challenges or making beautiful/quirky things for amusement

• understanding how the real world works vs ‘passive consumption & studying theoretical concepts’

Year 3: Craftsmanship, Self-Reflection, Making & Tinkering as a Way of Life

• identify areas of interest and further develop skills in that area(analog + digital)

• small focused projects that develop new skills or improve competencies

• reflect what drives one’s desire to create; pleasure, purpose or profit?

• choose and explore 1-2 areas which is not part of core interest; trying something that is beyond comfort-zone, stimulate experimentation.

• self research + experimentation, instructor can help troubleshoot/provide additional resources on request/consult

Year 4: Self-Discovery Project; Exploration and Expression

• identifying one’s core interests; art, science, music etc.

• explore existing works for inspiration

• prototype small experiments to test ideas and techniques

• refine craftsmanship and acquire required new skills

• execution, refinement and polish

• show and tell