The Mess

Making magic from mess.

The Mess Is…

A not-for-profit, open and collaborative community where ideas meet the world.

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What ACTUALLY is it?

It’s me Stefan Taber, my workshop equipment, a list of projects and dreams, and my insatiable need to learn new things.

What will it be?

  • Open community workshops and maker spaces
  • Ideas coming to life that benefit communities
  • A place to educate, and enable people’s potential to make a difference
  • A place where money is a tool, not a goal
  • A place to be authentic.

The Library

  • Potentially pointless

    “You have so much potential. I hope you don’t waste it.” Dad, that’s not what I needed to hear. I needed you to ask “what piece is that? I really like it.” Or perhaps “Your playing is really improving, I enjoy listening to it.” Now my playing is tainted with a need to succeed, to…

  • LinkedOut

    Hold on to your professional network, LinkedIn’s catching strays today from some rando on the internet. Never has it felt so important for me to bury my head in the sand of 1’s and 0’s of the internet, not worry about what the hell other people are doing, and get on with my own life…

  • What it takes to change.

    Fear, especially when I’m “comfortable” in life, is my biggest hurdle to making a change. It took a global pandemic, loss of my Mum, my daughter moving to a new city, a diagnosis, and a dose of luck to end up in my current job. What will it take for me to dive into something…