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Made In Workshop has big changes coming – 1 100m² of changes, in fact. The makerspace is moving into a new premises that’s almost three times bigger than the current workshop, while close to R1 500 000 has been invested in brand-new, industrial-grade workshop...

To understand where the Maker Movement is today in South Africa, and where it may be heading, we need to go back to its African inception in 2009. The Maker Movement began in America in 2005, when the first Maker Faire was launched by the same people behind MAKE...

Are you a young graduate (or soon-to-be graduate) with pretty decent woodworking, metalworking, engineering, or manufacturing know-how? Do you have a start-up vision but you don’t have the tools, or the space, to get your idea off the ground? Made In Workshop is...

“Never angle grind in frustration,” says Craig Bartlett, a regular at Made In Workshop who had a scorching experience in the makerspace. Craig has been using Made In Workshop to design and build an industrial mulching machine so that he can turn garden waste into...

What happened to those plyers you left lying around – the ones you need right this second? Henry happened. What happened to that piece of paper you scribbled all your design notes on? Henry happened. A shared space like Made In Workshop comes with a bunch of benefits...

For Brad Johnston, the founder and owner of industrial design consultancy Design For Industry in Lonehill, industrial design is a challenging industry in South Africa – but Made In Workshop is a major boon. “We’re a consultancy that does product design and...

“I had a Lego-obsessed childhood,” says Nik Ivanovic. “And I’ve always wanted to understand the mathematics behind the mechanisms.” Nik has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and he is currently doing his master’s part-time. As...

Henry Levine is on a mission: if you’re a parent, he wants you to know that schools don’t need a humungous budget to bring robotics to life. In fact, he’s designed a robot that can be made in a classroom for under R200 a pop. Everyone and their kid wants a Lego...

When you think about concrete, you probably think about pillars and brutish structures. Well, what if you were given the challenge to come up with something innovative using concrete? This was exactly what Alex Shahini faced when he and a good buddy, Brayden Solomon,...