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We are an innovation centre rethinking the way we live, work and play in cities.

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Our latest projects

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Productive Cities

CENTRINNO

A new industrial revolution that puts citizens at the core of a sustainable transformation.

The Project CENTRINNO is a four-year european funded research project focused on industrial historical sites undergoing transformation. It will showcase the potential of these historic areas to become part of […]

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RESERVIST

Repurposing manufacturing lines for providing medical products and services in case of spiking demand times.

Distributed DesignProductive Cities
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FoodSHIFT 2030

Transforming European food systems through citizen-driven approaches.

Civic EcologyProductive Cities
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SheMakes

Bridging the gender gap in the textile and clothing industry.

Future LearningMaterials and Textiles
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MDEF 2020 Alumni Projects
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Education Programs

Fab Academy Barcelona

Hands-on learning experience and learn rapid-prototyping.

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Master in Design for Emergent Futures

Challenge the Way Things Work Today, Design for Tomorrow

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Fabricademy Barcelona

The intersection of textiles, digital fabrication and biology.

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The people-centered approach toward a circular economy.

Circular communities of practice pushing circular economy principles one step further

April 16

The key role machines play in our research

Making ‘almost anything’ is only possible with our machines that do almost everything.

April 08

Designing something ‘almost useful’

How designing for the purpose of “interest” rather than “usefulness” expands our student’s skill sets and potential for future impact.

March 10
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SPML Machine

An open-source, portable multitool machine

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Citizen Sensing: A Toolkit

A toolkit for participatory sensing

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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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Design Remix Share Repeat

How distributed design is changing makers and designers approach

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Listen to our podcast

How do we turn protests into proposals?

Kate Raworth and Tomas Diez

How did Cuba champion open source culture?

Ernesto Oroza & Tomas Diez

The future of plastic

Mattia Bernini & Kate Armstrong

Will there be urban-rural farmers in the future?

John Hardy & Tomas Diez

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What’s on

Discussion Panel, Local Event

May 15

Urban Talks 2021

  • 11:00 > 15:00
  • Fundación Palo Alto