# Episode 025: Staying playful

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2015-06-18
- Length: 50m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/episode-025-staying-playful

## Summary

Hosts Bob Clagett, Jimmy Diresta, and David Picciuto discuss the importance of maintaining a childlike sense of play in maker culture and product design. They share personal anecdotes, including David's guitar build using lacquer and Jimmy's work with Inventables tools and a Leatherman modification, to illustrate how playfulness fosters creativity. The conversation emphasizes using constraints, such as limited materials or specific tools like Legos and Haklucos, to spark innovation and overcome creative blocks.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=1) Introduction and Sponsor Read: Inventables
- [2:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=132) David's Guitar Build and Finishing Process
- [3:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=234) Jimmy's Behind-the-Scenes Projects and Anxiety
- [11:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=682) The Philosophy of Play and Keeping Childlike Curiosity
- [20:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=1203) Learning from Children and Using Constraints
- [26:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=1572) Teaching Students to Be Inventors and Play
- [35:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=2122) The Value of Useless Problems and Fidget Toys
- [41:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-06-18-episode-025-staying-playful#t=2517) Camera Gear, Channel Recommendations, and Wrap-up

## Topics

- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Leatherman (product)
- Crimson Custom Guitars (other)
- Blazing Nail Gun (other)
- ex-Robots (other)
- MakerBot (company)
- Haklucos (other)
- Legos (other)

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- [439: Ditches and Psychology](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology) (Embedded.fm)
- [#004: Why We Need to Be Tinkering More: Industrial Designer Jorge Paricio - Open-Ended Exploration, Sketching and Ideation, Material Knowledge, Confirmation Bias, and Getting Out To Talk With End Users.](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/designing-in-the-wild/2022-01-24-004-why-we-need-to-be-tinkering-more-industrial-designer-jorge-paricio-open-ende) (Designing in the Wild)
- [STL362: Hold the Saw like a Baby Bird](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2026-03-20-stl362-hold-the-saw-like-a-baby-bird) (Shop Talk Live)
- [136: Let's Try Out Some Broccoli](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2016-01-28-136-lets-try-out-some-broccoli) (Embedded.fm)
- [81: Two of Those People Can't Be Ducks](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-12-17-81-two-of-those-people-cant-be-ducks) (Embedded.fm)

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