Explorable Instructions: Crafting Designerly DIY Tutorials

Abstract

The Maker and DIY craft movements promote values of democratization, creativity, and customization [12]. While the associated informal learning structures - makerspaces, workshops, and DIY tutorials - support fabrication, they do not necessarily scaffold design learning [27]. Here, I present my work on design learning in formal and informal contexts and propose the re-design of DIY instructions to better support and understand informal design learning.