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# LDF x Protein Forum: Democracy in Design: The Modern Makers Round Up
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/ldf-x-protein-forum-democracy-in-design-the-modern-makers-round-up/
- Published: 2014-09-24T16:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-15T15:56:25.000Z
- Description: In case you missed our Forum on the rise and influence of maker culture, watch each speakers' presentation right here
- Author: Joe Iley
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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[Earlier this month, in collaboration with the London Design Festival,](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2014/08/ldf-x-protein-forum-democracy-in-design-the-modern-makers?ref=protein.xyz) we held a Forum to discuss the rise and future of the maker movement, how the consumer is becoming more involved in the creation of their own products and what it all means for the traditional production industry.   
  
Speaking we had:  
  
Daniel Charny, creative director of [From Now On](http://fromnowon.co.uk/?ref=protein.xyz), curator and design educator From Now On. His exhibition “Power of Making” for the V&A and Crafts Council was their most visited free exhibition since 1950.  
  
Paul Smyth, cofounder of [Makerversity](http://makerversity.co.uk/?ref=protein.xyz), a space for manufacturing start-ups. They provide equipment, materials and guidance to help people develop their skills and business ventures.   
  
Ben Alun-Jones is the co-founder of [Knyttan](http://www.knyttan.com/?ref=protein.xyz#/), a factory space where people can design, submit and create their own clothing on a series of hi-tech industrial knitting machines.  
  
And moderating all this we have Duncan Riches of [and Associate](http://www.andassociate.co.uk/about/?ref=protein.xyz).  
  
Keep an eye out for our next Forum, coming soon.