Solo

Solo is our newsletter profiling the world of amateurs and professionals who build, dissect and engage with product design and development. One person, one craft, one way of working, at a time.

Who you will meet

• People who build: makers, engineers, designers and tinkerers turning ideas into working things.
• People who dissect: those who take products apart to see how they work, why they fail, and how they could be better.
• People who engage: the ones who use, test, repair and shape what others make.

Amateur and professional appear side by side, across many fields. Good product ideas and hard-won skills turn up in both, and each has something to teach the other.

Why profile people

Products are made by individuals, often working alone before anyone else joins in. Meeting the person makes the work easier to understand, and easier to join. It is also how a region finds out who is already building nearby.

Be in it

Know someone whose work deserves a profile, or want to tell your own story? Write to us. For photo and video profiles, see NA*.