Wednesday 28 August 2013

Need / Make / Use Day 2013


UPDATE! 1 September
The sun shone and 1600 people came to make, handle, dance, drum, watch, browse, eat and drink. Thanks to everyone for making NMU Day 2013 such a success. You can find event photos on our Flickr page.
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Need / Make / Use describes the cycle of necessity, ideas, design, experimentation and production that has driven technological change and innovation in all cultures from the deep past to the present day - essentially, how people USE the things they have to MAKE the things they NEED!

Need / Make / Use Day (Saturday 31 August 2013) is a chance for people of all ages to get hands-on with some of their ideas about the collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Who made that object? What for? How and with what materials? Do we use something similar today? 

We hope you will come along and join us for a day of fun, creativity and discovery. NMU Day is a FREE event and very much a collaborative effort, so we'd like to thank all the following who will be exhibiting, demonstrating, performing, providing refreshments or who have supported the event in some way: 


Workshops / Demonstrators
The Junk Orchestra           
Sol Samba                            
Habitat for Humanity          
Campaign for Real Events           

Craft makers (jewellery, accessories, clothing, stationery and more)
Susan Clark                         
Hoolala                                  
Bunny & Bear                  
Georgie Beadman              
Scruffy Adams                   
Alison Newbould                
Shallotte                                
Maria Skoyles                       
Rosie Jacobs                       

Refreshments
Secret Pizza  Society                   
Pukeko Coffee                   


With additional thanks to Alan Joyce (ice cream), the Big Bang Restaurant (prize sponsor), University of Oxford Estates and Departments (parking, site management), and the Museum's wonderful volunteers.

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