MakeFashion Edu is an international non-profit working to promote learningthrough fashion and tech. Through hosting workshops; reach-out and push-inactivities; and large events, MakeFashion Edu sees providing access for youngdesigners to go to industry and project-based learning as one way to pull localcommunities together.
Benjamin James Simpson和MG Space团队的Aisling共同开发了适合青少年儿童动手操作的材料,让MakeFashion 融合了STEAM教育理念,正式把成年人社群的经验转化到教育领域,于是MakeFashion edu诞生了,这个项目把不同***和地区的儿童社群紧密联结,帮助各国小朋友从小对科技、工业和时尚进行跨界对接,引导儿童采用项目探究式学习的方式设计属于自己的可穿戴品,利用科技实现自己的想法。从而激发小小创客们的 想象力、创造力、动手能力、表达能力及解决问题的能力。
· Formerly an engineer at Adidas, Gap, NASA, Toyota
· 曾在Adidas、Gap、NASA、Toyota等公司担任工程师
· University of Southern California B.S. Industrial & SystemsEngineering 2002
· 毕业于美国南加州大学,工业设计与系统工程学专业
James is empowering Maker Ed teachers, students, and schools withtechniques and formalization of their makerspace programs. Living in Shenzhenfor the past 6 years, coming from San Francisco, he is using his engineeringand academic mindset to organize the chaotic world of Making into a system oflearnable innovation by releasing Open Source tools, hosting public meetings,and donating time to organizations in Shenzhen.