The Lab · Workshop 09 · Mastery
Build Something That Solves Something
Five steps. About 25 minutes. Up to 7 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Prototype.
The Lab · Workshop 09 · Mastery
Five steps. About 25 minutes. Up to 7 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Prototype.
Theory is for getting ready. A prototype is the first time you make the theory pay rent. Build something small. Make it solve something real.
Adults required. Hands-on prototyping with grown-up supervision. Cardboard, tape, string, popsicle sticks, batteries, paperclips — the materials that built the modern world.
A prototype is the first version that exists in the real world. It doesn't have to look good. It has to do something. The first car looked nothing like a Tesla. The first lightbulb burned for 13 hours and broke.
By the end of this workshop you'll have planned one real prototype, identified what problem it solves, and broken it down into the steps you'd need help with.
That's the warm-up. When you've actually read it — not skimmed — tap below.
Pick all that fit.
Click a piece, then its purpose.
Pick a small real problem in your life. Plan a prototype that solves it. Write the problem, the materials, 4 steps, and how you'll test it. Note what your grown-up needs to help with.
Stuck? Try: a small cardboard organizer for the chargers that always tangle on your desk. Materials: a shoebox, scissors, a pen. Steps: cut, fold, label, test. Grown-up: help with scissors, opinion on whether it's actually solving the problem.
One sentence.