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We are a research and education centre rethinking the way we live, work and play!

Our latest projects

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Future Learning

FAIG

Weaving the educational network for a meaningful learning that faces the challenges of the future with the head, the heart and the hands.

Weaving the educational network for a meaningful learning that faces the challenges of the future with the head, the heart and the hands.

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Maker ABC

Promoting the maker movement through the exchange of good practices between makerspaces, maker communities & local stakeholders.

Future LearningProductive Cities
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FoodSHIFT Pathways

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

Civic EcologyProductive Cities
TECLA

TECLA

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

Future Learning
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What’s on

Discussion Panel

Maker Community Exchange

  • Jun 05
  • re:publica

Discussion Panel, Hands on

Envisioning distributed food hubs with citizens, Fab Labs & Fab Cities

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  • Jun 06
  • re:publica

Discussion Panel, Hands on

Money, skills and work: How emerging creatives can meet the market

  • Jun 06
  • re:publica

Local Event

Guided tour with Arxiu Històric del Poblenou along the Eje Pere IV

  • Jun 07
  • Carrer Pere IV, 340

Local Event

Cinema i Ciutat – Open-air cinema

  • Jun 08
  • Can Ricart

Workshop

Handicrafts with leather and fur

  • Jun 13
  • Ca l’Alier

Local Event

NO(-)BODY KNOWS

  • Jun 14 - Jun 23

Live Talk

FP Challenge x CENTRINNO Winning Projects

  • Jun 14
  • Ca l’Alier

Education Programs

Master

Master in Design for Emergent Futures – MDEF

Challenge the Way Things Work Today, Design for Tomorrow

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Postgraduates

Fabricademy Barcelona

The intersection of textiles, digital fabrication and biology.

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Postgraduates

Fab Academy Barcelona

Hands-on learning experience and learn rapid-prototyping.

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Hot from the blog

foodtech

Food Tech 3.0 Updates

Upcoming GitBook and collaborations with the Distributed Design Platform

May 29
reservist

Emerging Reservist Cultures

From stories of resilience to network preparedness

May 26
solar brunch

Slow is the new fast

Resilient lifestyles to change the way we do things and tackle emergent needs.

May 12
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Stay in the loop

RESOURCE

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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RESOURCE

SPML Machine

An open-source, portable multitool machine

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Watch our latest videos

This is Fab Lab Barcelona

The democratization of future-making

Chindōgu 珍道具 – ALMOST USEFUL MACHINES – MDEF Class of 2021
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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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