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Makers and designers

State Library resources and supports all Queenslanders to participate in the design of their cultural experience.

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The Edge
The Edge is live and digital. It is State Library’s space for creativity, ideas, and experimentation. We are the home of Queensland’s big thinkers, digital creators and leading researchers forging our future memory. Find out more about the resources and events happening at The Edge below, and sign up for monthly enews.
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Make and design blog
Keep up to date with the latest ideas explored in the make and design space.
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Great and Grand Rumpus
Community engagement
Making is all about community and we work together with the public to make amazing things happen. Come along and join in the fun.
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SLQWiki
The SLQ Wiki is a collection of resources for anyone and everyone to access, exploring how to make, design and create in the new digital frontier.
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Station worker Kate Hunter mourning a dead Brahman mother and her calf after the floods on Gipsy Plains Station
80Hz: Sound Lab 2.0
80Hz: Sound Lab 2.0 takes images from State Library's collection and digitally translates them into musical compositions using metadata.
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In the Magnificent Makers exhibition. Photo by Josef Ruckli.
Tunley Globe digitisation project
The Queensland Library Foundation (QLF) funding of the Tunley Globe digitisation project at State Library of Queensland has opened up a window into the exciting possibilities of photogrammetry and 3D printing technologies for this unique piece.
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What's on

From projects, workshops, lab inductions and meetups, there is something for everyone that wants to get involved.

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