Soapbox Video: Losantiville

Losantiville from Soapboxmedia.com on Vimeo.

Located on Main Street in the heart of Over-the-Rhine is a collaborative design space, workshop, and studio called Losantiville. This shared environment gives creatives space to design and create as well as an open environment to converse and learn from people from various disciplines. Many of the projects currently underway involve the design and construction of furniture and with plans to add a retail space already underway, Losantiville aims to give Cincinnatians a chance to own the one-of-a-kind items created there. This month Soapbox and Seven/Seventy-Nine go inside the Loasantiville co-op to highlight some of their projects in progress.

MakerCincy Discussion Group

I’ve formed a Google Group for discussing makercincy topics including where to find different services and supplies, maker events, and coordinating activities. (A Google Group is like a mailing list and a forum.) You can sign up here: http://groups.google.com/group/makercincy/

Maker Events This Week: Dec 1 – 7, 2010

Local hackerspace Hive13 was written up in ( and was on the cover of ) CityBeat this week: If You Build It, They Will Come

Upcoming maker events around Cincinnati:

• Cincinnati Steampunk Meetup at Highland Coffee House – Friday, Dec 3, 7pm
• Winterfest at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center – Friday, Dec 3, 6pm – 10pm
• Recycled and Re-Used Gifts at Civic Garden Center – Saturday, Dec 4, 1:30pm – 3:30pm
• Novelty Yarn 1, 2, & 3 at the Cincinnati Weaver’s Guild – Dec 1, Dec 8 & Dec 15, 10am -1pm
• FREE Screening of Handmade Nation at the CAC – Monday, Dec 6, 5:30pm

Weekly Open Shop Nights:

• Saturday and Monday at MoBo Bike Coop
• Wednesday Project Night at Koipund
• Makerbot Monday at Hive13
• Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat Open Studio at Happen, Inc.

Also, we totally forgot to blog about the Crafty Supermarket two weeks ago, but hopefully you made it there anyway. If we missed anything this week or if you know of any maker events happening later this month, let us know!

Maker Events This Weekend: Oct 22- 24, 2010

Here are some Maker events we heard about going on this weekend around Cincinnati:

• Friday, Oct 22: Tim Kaiser: Experimental Musician & Maker at Hive13
• Saturday, Oct 23: Blacksmithing Workshop at The KOIPound
• Saturday, Oct 23: Free Halloween Pumpkin Party & Benefit Bake Sale at Happen, Inc
• Saturday, Oct 23: Open Shop & Harvest Fest Potluck at MoBo

Know of something we missed? Let us know in the comments!

Maker Faire

Several members of Hive13 are roadtripping to Maker Faire in Detroit this weekend to celebrate DIY culture. Are you going? Let us know in the comments and we can try and meet up while we’re there!

What do you make?

Post a comment below and tell us about what you make, Cincinnati.