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Our latest projects

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Distributed DesignSense Making

CitiObs

Enhancing Citizen Observatories for healthy, sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities, using co-creation for inclusive, local actions.

Enhancing Citizen Observatories for healthy, sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities, using co-creation for inclusive, local actions.

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TRANSITIONS

A strategic alliance for innovation to nurture the textile and fashion transition to a 4.0 system and a circular economy by developing new learning methods to help designers and professionals to face real challenges.

Materials and Textiles

TECLA

Measuring the effects of introducing maker-centered learning in Primary education students from highly complex schools.

Future Learning
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FoodSHIFT Pathways

Empowering educational communities with educational resources to change the current food system.

Civic EcologyProductive Cities
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What’s on

Conference

IberoFABLat Fest – II Encuentro Iberoamericano de FabLabs

  • Nov 21 - Nov 23
  • Online

Education Programs

In house programs

Master in Design for Emergent Futures – MDEF

Challenge the Way Things Work Today, Design for Tomorrow

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In house programs

Postgraduate in Textiles & Technology – Fabricademy BCN

The intersection of circular fashion, textiles, digital fabrication and biology.

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In house programs

Postgraduate in Digital Fabrication – Fab Academy BCN

Hands-on learning experience and learn rapid-prototyping.

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Hot from the blog

SCORE Project Results

SCORE platform: a hub for circular economy open education resources for teachers

November 14

From Barcelona to Japan: A Vision for Circular Design in the Asia-Pacific

Meet Ryota Kamio, an MDEF alumni who is working with circular design practices in the context of the Asia-Pacific region.

October 02

Beyond MDEF: Professional Development in Practice

Explore the career paths MDEF alumni undertake after graduation

October 01
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Stay in the loop

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Fab City: The Mass Distribution of Almost Everything

A manual for making positive engaging urban futures possible

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Citizen Sensing: A Toolkit

A toolkit for participatory sensing

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Design Remix Share Repeat

How distributed design is changing makers and designers approach

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SPML Machine

An open-source, portable multitool machine

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Watch our latest videos

How to remote control almost anything with a joystick – Fab Academy Barcelona

Energetic Hybrid Pod – Fab Academy Barcelona

Alternative lifestyles with Slow Lab – MDEF
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Listen to our podcast

Think globally, fabricate locally

with Tomas Diez and Primy Jeils

The democratization of future-making

Scott Smith and Oscar Tomico

How do we turn protests into proposals?

Kate Raworth and Tomas Diez

How did Cuba champion open source culture?

Ernesto Oroza & Tomas Diez

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