A League of Extraordinary Makers
Every movement needs its superheroes. They inspire, they lead, they create, they sacrifice. And we went in search of them.
Meet A League of Extraordinary Makers who made it and sometimes failed along the way too but never stopped making. Because some things just need to be done!
First Look
An international documentary series that deep dives into the curious world of Makers and the Things they Make - premieres Sat, 7th May, 2022 on cna.asia/vod & youtube.com/cnainsider.
Enter the Makerverse - where artists, inventors & hackers come together to make almost anything. From AK-47guitars to open laptops that ship with screwdrivers, from wearables that grow to robotic couture that feels, from 3D-printed prosthetics to digitally fabricated cities - this is the story of the Maker Movement, a deep-dive into the minds of Extraordinary Makers & the things they make!
It begins in the American garage, seeps out of the periphery onto the streets where Makers are rising to become the superheroes the world needs today. As we stand at the threshold of the next Industrial Revolution, let’s get ready for a time when Everyone is a Maker, Makerspaces become micro-factories, Bits turn into Atoms and Cities produce everything they consume.
The future is here - this is the Age of Makers!
Series Trailer
A glimpse into a world where anyone can make almost anything and hack everything.
Meet the Extraordinary Makers
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Jimmy Diresta
Artist | Designer | Inventor | Problem-solver
An inspiration to everyone who aspires to be one. Without doubt - the archetype of the original American Maker!
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Andrew 'bunnie' Huang
Hardware Guru | Hacktivist | Reverse Engineer
He hacked the Xbox (and got away with it), collaborated with Edward Snowden, did a monastic study of the Shenzhen manufacturing eco-system and is now developing the most secure mobile communications platform.
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Cesar Jung-Harada
Inventor | Educator | Social Entrepreneur
Ocean Robotist who blurs the lines between art, science and technology. He’s gone from inventing the world’s first shape-shifting robotic hull to building the next-gen ocean drone.
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Anouk Wipprecht
FashionTech Designer | Innovator | Futurist
Pioneer of FashionTech - where Fashion Design intersects with Engineering & Science to create Robotic Couture. She embeds tech into what we wear to create designs that can feel our heartbeats and read our minds.
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Kate Reed
Interspecies Collaborator | Wearables Designer | Bio-hacker
Born out of the Maker Movement, she believes that if something's not working in life, just hack it and make it better!
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Tomas Diez
Urban Planner | Futurist | Fab City Maker
He specialises in Digital Fabrication and how the use of new technologies can help cities produce what they consume.
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