As part of their yearly CE50 event, technology, media and business advocacy group Creative England has officially named MakerClub as one of the fifty most creative companies in the UK. Every year the group highlights the emerging talents, established creative professionals, inventive, innovative and brave companies working in the UK. The CE50 gala was held at Google’s swanky 160,000-square-foot headquarters located at the Central Saint Giles development near Tottenham Court Road in London.
The eighteen-month-old MakerClub is the first 3D printing and electronics company to make the CE50 list, and they were even invited to present at the ceremony on the need to create a ‘nation of makers’. Some of the educational projects that MakerClub has developed include a RC controlled robotic arm kit, a race car controlled via mobile device and a quadcopter kit. All of their projects are 3D printable and walk new users through the 3D design stage to coding the electronics and finally 3D printing and assembling the entire device. Additionally, all of the project tutorials are entirely browser-based and require no specialized design or fabrication software to complete.
“This really highlights how far 3D printing has come in the last few years. It’s now being recognised as a fully creative medium and we’re absolutely thrilled to be holding the baton for the UK. It’s great that Creative England has seen how skills like coding, 3D Design and electronics will be so important for the creative economy over the next 10 years,“ said MakerClub CEO Simon Riley.
The CE50 awards were announced at the evening gala, as well as the top ten Future Leaders which included HBO producer Andrew Haigh, sound recognition platform Braci, software publisher Lockwood Publishing and social media analytics tool StashMetrics. The judges who chose the ten Future Leaders include notable business leaders like Chairwoman of MediaCom UK Karen Blackett, Enterprise Editor at the Telegraph Rebecca Burn-Callander, Channel 4 digital Shorts content commissioning editor Isaac Densu, Deloitte strategy consultant Julie Richards and Facebook Regional Director for the UK & Ireland Steve Hatch. Tell us your thoughts on this new accolade for MakerClub in the 3D Printing & Robotics Company MakerClub in Top 50 Most Creative forum over at 3DPB.com.