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Contemporary concepts, theories and projects to transform the world

Exploring the Intersection of Citizen Observatories and Creative Communities

Introducing the project CitiObs where citizen observatories intersect with creative collectives

Tips for makers and maker spaces to access resources for circular productions

Explore the vibrant world of makers dedicated to circular production.

Strengthening the innovation ecosystem

Connecting the Fab Lab Barcelona-led EU projects Distributed Design and mAkE.

Community Engagement in Practice

MDEF students learning from Fab Lab Barcelona’s projects while engaging with local community driven-initiatives

Fair Future(s): Designing with Collective Intelligence

MDEF students delving into digital commons, blockchain, and NFTs

Transforming sugarcane waste into objects that last

From MDEF student to Fab Lab resident: Follow Julia’s explorative journey into waste-based materials

Where are new materials created?

Fabricademy students on a visit to Materfad

Giving visibility to future-shaping projects

Projects created by alumni of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures were exhibited at Dutch Design Week and Fixing the Future

Measure the sustainability of your food system

A new online tool helping stakeholders apply sustainable food innovations to their food system

Patí Cientific: Harnessing traditional sailing boats and Smart Citizen Kit to monitor Barcelona’s coastal waters

Benefiting a local community through a pursuit of innovation, collaboration, and community empowerment

third places for Europe — “Third places” as spaces for proximity, emancipation and creativity

Celebrating the diversity of places that act in their territory and explore new forms of citizenships, production and cultural engagements.

Emerging Reservist Cultures

From stories of resilience to network preparedness

Flexible Urbanism

City making with makerspaces and circular economy aspirations

Atlas of Weak Signals

Detect trends before they become trends

Digital Fabrication is transforming production and consumption

Produce local, send global

Emergent Futures Collective

A design collective prototyping today to imagine and create our tomorrows

MDEFest – Exploring Alternative Presents

Recap of the first festival organised by the Master in Design for Emergent Futures.

Remix el Barrio wins top EU prize for innovative collaboration

Food-waste Biomaterial Makers supported by Fab Lab Barcelona awarded with the annual STARTS Prize

Co-creation: A practice at the intersection between culture, empathy, power and ecosystem.

Lessons learnt from the SISCODE project

The people-centered approach toward a circular economy.

Circular communities of practice pushing circular economy principles one step further

Biomaterials 101: From organic waste to material gold

Biomaterials give us a chance to rethink how we treat waste within our own homes.

Designing Emergent Futures

New narratives and methods of learning to construct better futures

MDEF2021 — Prototyping Online Exchanges & Learning Experiences

Insights from developing online learning experiences at Fab Lab Barcelona

Jugando con la Luz

A distributed art installation created by children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A place to make (almost) anything – the Fab Lab

Everything you need to know about the Fab Lab movement and how you can join

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