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Transforming sugarcane waste into objects that last

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

Prototype projects using the power of digital fabrication

In just five months, learn how to use tools and machines to create your dream projects locally

Fabricademy – more than fashion

Explore the opportunities the postgraduate program offers to its students

Creative Projects exploring Fashion Technology

Take a glimpse into the projects developed during the past editions of the educational program Future Technologies for Sustainable Fashion

Inside the biolab

Where science and art find a common ground

Rethinking the ways we make things

MDEF class teaching students how to create “almost useful machines”

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

The city as a source of raw materials and circular opportunities

A good practice brought to life by Fab Lab Barcelona

Turning energy into color

An art installation that changes based on each person’s touch

fab academy 2023 — Fast prototyping: What does it take?

Follow the weekly progress of Fab Academy students Manuela, Aurel and Susana to discover the hands-on learning experience and its challenges.

flowing futures — Flowing Futures

Accessible, DIY solutions to explore, reimagine and change our relationship with water. Celebrate the water that fills our planet with life through prototypes, events, and experiences.

solar brunch — Slow is the new fast

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

taller de carpintería — El ‘making of’ de una exposición-laboratorio única

Descubre el proceso detrás de ‘Poblenou Fàbrica / Fabrica’

How to bioprint bacterial cellulose

A new Fabricademy research project explores a different way of building a decentralized supply chain.

Forever and ever? Not when it comes to ‘Fluid Fashion’

Bioplastic garments as an accessible solution to the wear-it-once culture.

When wearable art and high fashion meet

The exploratory journey towards a more sustainable and innovative future by a Fabricademy student.

A day of turning fungi into surfboards

The quest to replace plastic with biomaterials in the surfing industry: A glimpse into a curious MDEF alumni project

Towards gender parity in Digital Fabrication

Meet some of the inspiring women of Fab Academy.

Resilient Makers Stories

Responding to moments of crisis

Win a scholarship for Fab Academy 2023

Scholarship for the Postgraduate Diploma in Fab Academy now open.

Remix The School (Distributed)

Transforming educational centers into digital social innovators

The key role machines play in our research

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

Hyper Global / Hyper Local

A program for makers exploring the potential of online exchanges

The intersection between fashion, art and science

We looked to experts from our local course, Fabricademy to find out more about the future of fashion

Open source sensor tools to measure air pollution

Empowering citizens to act on data against climate change

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