Design, making and the digitisation trap: expert interviews and questionnaire

Expert interviews

The research involved 11 experts from the maker movement to understand the health of the community model underlying makerspaces. The detailed results are presented in Annex A, where the concepts that emerged from the comparison between the interviews were reported and numbered (those reported by at least two subjects, shown in Annex A, tab. I).

Questionairre results

The questionnaire was addressed to students of design degree courses at the University of Bologna selected from the third year of the three-year degree to the second year of the master's degree, so that they had already had prototyping experience (147 responses obtained) and investigates students' perceptions and use of makerspaces in relation to prototyping activities and with other aspects related to professional development.

Note: interviews and questionnaire were carried out in March 2021