I have been doing my craft for a long time and I thought that you had to create a name for yourself, defining your work by your individuality. Then I was introduced to this group called ‘Makefashion’ and all my gains that I made by myself in my many years of work were surpassed in just one 6 month period. I now realize where I may have gone wrong; in not realizing the power of a makers’ community.
Eric Boyd and Wendy Ng from Toronto, Canada present ‘Soft Power”, an exciting project for the MakeFashion 2016.
Soft Power explores the possibility of enhancing human expression by incorporating mechanical and electronic aposematism that can be activated either by biofeedback or manual control.
Maria Orduz for MakeFashion is a glamour dress that highlights both innovation and sexiness. The team will use 3D printing, 3D scanning, laser cutting gown enhanced by music activated LEDs and woven colour changing optic fibre details.
Phi:GamerGirl for MakeFashion is a feminine party dress that highlights the Gamification of clothing. This garment will feature a playable game with over 100 individual RGB LED lights that will react if the player wins or loses.
Be a part of the MakeFashion team!
We are looking for a number of long-term volunteer positions. Rather than one-off volunteer positions, these roles will be an ongoing member of our team.
Volunteer Benefits
As part of our team, you will work directly with our founding and organizing team, including Shannon and Maria Hoover (MakeFashion Co-Founders, Leads on Calgary MakerFaire, and owners of ARCHEloft), Chelsea Klukas (MakeFashion Co-Founder, Senior Lead for Amazon Community at Seattle Headquarters, and former Creative Director for fashion-tech startup BeauCoo), and Catherine Hazin (MakeFashion Artistic Director, editor and writer for Calgary Bride and Co-Founder of Meta Labs Inc). Working directly with these industry leaders, you will gain mentorship, guidance, and references. You will have the opportunity to directly impact a worldwide leader in the wearable technology space as we tour internationally across North America, Europe, and Asia. You will also be credited as a team member on our website and printed materials. MakeFashion is a non-profit (our founding team and organizers don’t earn a paycheque), but as we grow, full-time paid positions may become available and we will give first priority to our volunteers who are on the journey with us.
Available Positions
To apply for a long-term volunteer position, e-mail info@makefashion.com with your resume, linkedin, or CV. As these are core roles, the minimum time commitment will be 3 hours/week for a minimum of 6 months. All listed volunteer positions can be done remotely (you don’t need to live in Seattle or Calgary) and have flexible hours.
Social Media Co-ordinator
We leverage social media to promote our events and spread the word about our innovative wearable fashion work. This position will include creating and scheduling social media posts.
Skills (needs to have): Proficient writing and grammar, experience with Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Skills (nice to have): Experience with Buffer App, snapchat, periscope, and Pinterest. Basic photoshop (or other graphic editing) software.
MakeFashion Writer and Content Specialist
As our in-house writer/blogger, you will be generating content for our blog and printed materials. You will also assist with submitting guest articles to external media including newspapers and prominent online publications.
Skills (needs to have): Proficient writing and grammar, interest in fashion and technology.
Skills (nice to have): Experience with wordpress, basic HTML, research skills, experience with mail chimp.
Graphic Designer
MakeFashion has a strong visual identity. As our graphic designer you will work with our Creative Director to design printed and web materials within our visual guidelines.
Skills (needs to have): Adobe Creative Suite experience.
Skills (nice to have): Photo editing skills, wordpress experience.
To apply for a long-term volunteer position, e-mail info@makefashion.com with your resume, linkedin, or CV.
Thanks to all who submitted to MakeFashion 2016. Our submissions are now closed, we received over 20 project proposals.
This year, our submissions will be competitively curated by a panel of esteemed industry experts. Our panel includes previous MakeFashion designers, including Jeff De Boer and Dr Patricia Flanagan, as well as international industry experts.
We will be announcing selected projects mid-september.
Rev your creative engines: we are excited to announce that the 2016 MakeFashion Call for Entries will open on July 15th.
MakeFashion will be accepting international entries for our spring 2016 gala. Entries will be competitive based on technical innovation, creativity, and originality. We will also be announcing our panel of esteemed curators/judges on August 1st including industry leaders from across the globe.
Requirements for entries will be announced on the 15th and will include technical descriptions, cost estimates, and a concept sketch. The deadline for submissions will be August 15th.
In the meantime, gather your teammates and start brainstorming by browsing our previous projects for inspiration. We are looking forward to the next round of groundbreaking wearable tech for MakeFashion!
