Slides from a talk I gave on the re-emergence of the artisan through digital culture, maker culture and connectivity. Also looks at the impacts of this on young workers. If you want to know more, ask.

1. RICHARD
ADAMS

2. Me
Formerly: Painter, Academic,
Principal, Creative Director, Coder,
Tech Director
Currently: Microsoft Studios - Central
Media
Expertise: Interactive TV, casual
games
Also: author and artist, FRSA,
BAFTA, Society of Authors
@dickyadams

3. Traditional model
Distributors
Corps
Publisher
Agent
Artist.Craftsperson

4. Impacts of digital

5. Effects
In 1801, before the advent of George Stephenson's Rocket, London had
1,117,000 people. After the invention, however, the population of London had
more than doubled to 2,685,000 people in 1851.
Improved production techniques. Mass Production, giving cheaper goods
with improved quality. The Railways and Steam ships which improved and
quickened communications.
Positive social effects, less arduous work, and allowed mass movement of
people. So that the interchange of ideas and social mobility improved.
The Railways gave us standard time. Networked electricity, without Steam
turbines there would be no industrial production of Electricity.

6. Ubiquitous connectivity

7. Cheap technology/New Channels
Garage Band, Phones,
Splice, Raspberry PI,
Arduino, robot kits, Cinema
quality cameras, 5D, 3d
Printing, e-commmerce

8. Changing Economy and Society
Death of the machine age – Birth of the computer age
Computing and connectivity are disrupting the role of the organs of state
Globalization the rise of big corporations and the fall of trade walls are creating a new economy

9. Kodak vs. Instagram: Changing
Opportunities

10. Changing the media ecology
Death of Traditional
Intermediaries, New
aggregators, New
Content Providers
(You)
http://www.dialaphone
.co.uk/blog/2013/11/1
0/films-made-with-asmartphone/
This is the same in
Games, Cinema and
TV

11. Devices, channels, services,
content and people

12. Your world
Job instability
Economic
instability
Lack of
consensus
Rapid skills
change
Automation,
first manual
jobs and now
professional
jobs
Constant
contracting
Globalization/
migration
Democratic
tech and
connectivity
50+ years

13. RE EMERGENCE OF THE
Re emergence of the artisan
ARTISAN
EMERGENCE OF THE
ARTISAN TECHNOLOGIST
PORTFOLIO CAREER

14. Opportunities

15. The End
Questions?