ProjectInProgress is a humble open house social night where attendees hear from Toronto’s creative types about what’s keeping them up at night. We curate a handful of speakers to talk for 3-5 minutes each on their project, and all you have to do is sit back, have a drink, and cheer them on.
Projects can be anything from robots, to businesses, to artwork, to events. It could be an idea, a scheme, prototyped, almost there, stuck, supposedly failed, abandoned, anything but finished.
Toronto is jam-packed with creative people working on kick-butt projects that are often out of sight, gathering dust, or just need that one thing to get them going again. This is an opportunity to bare them to the world (or at least, a small crowd of supporters) in the spirit of spurring your project on.
Contributors talk about their project for 3-5 minutes, finish up with an “ask” for the audience if they have one, and answer a few crowd questions. Talks are kept short to allow for maximum chit-chatting and connecting afterwards.
In collaboration with Maker Festival, the theme this month is a little different – MAKING x MONEY – we’ll hear from people who have made money, want to make money, have failed at making money, or are thinking about making money, out of making. Making money out of making is easier said than done, and this is an opprotunity for local maker community members to get together and talk about successes, failures, and possibilities. We’re interested in hearing from folks from interactive advertising and events, fabrication, the arts, start ups, maker education and more.
Confirmed Contributors:
Jonathon Moneta is the Founder and Creative Director of MakeLab who specialize in producing undiscovered activations for remarkable events.
Onome Igharoro is the co-founder of Robot Playtime – an educational robot toy that teaches basic programming to kids and integrates with any smartphone. Himself and Alex Hong are powering through the early stages of their start up, have confirmed a market demand, and are now looking to scale.
Andrew Lamb is a multi-disciplinary artist and puppet designer/mechanic living in Toronto, Canada. His practice often involves large scale theatrics and a childlike/childish imagination. His latest creation, the Wendiceratops, was commissioned by the ROM and was last seen stomping the ground of the Toronto Reference Library for Maker Festival.
Eric Boyd is the president of HackLab.TO, and founder of Sensebridge – a wearable electronics company that makes the ‘invisible visible’. Products include Heart Spark, a necklace that flashes to the beat of the wearers heart, and NorthPaw, an anklet that let’s the wearer know at all times, which way is north.
Chris Caira spent 4 years at McKinsey & Company, advising Fortune 100 clients on strategy and operations. Today, he is leading a team that’s bringing the FabCafe concept to Toronto; FabCafe’s mission is to provide an open, creative platform to inspire everyone to make something, and to connect that community with innovative organizations.
Here’s the blog from our kick-off Project In Progress event.
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TICKETS: $7 pre-sale, $10 at the door (free drink included!)
730PM-930PM
STEAMLabs
192 Spadina Avenue
Queen & Spadina
WHEN Thursday 14th July, 730PM-930PM
WHERE STEAMLabs Community Maker Space @ 192 Spadina Avenue (Queen & Spadina)
HOW MUCH Tickets are $7 presale or $10 at the door (with a drink included)
This event is a collaboration between STEAMLabs & Maker Festival.