blog

BLOG

Data for Good: A Design Challenge at MOME

A collaboration between Smart Citizen Kit, the Distributed Design Platform, and MOME The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) and the Distributed Design Platform have established a meaningful partnership […]

10.04.25

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REMIX el Barrio: Biomaterials, Neighbourhoods, and the Future of Local Innovation

What if your morning coffee waste could become the next generation of design materials? That’s not science fiction — that’s REMIX el Barrio, a Fab Lab Barcelona spin-off project that […]

04.04.25

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From CNC to Seamless Interaction: Designing with ‘Alive Wood’ at Fab Academy

When digital fabrication meets intuitive design Introducing Fab Academy alumn Andrea Rubio, from Fab Lab Barcelona, who transformed a passion for making into a project that bridges craftsmanship, interactivity, and […]

04.04.25

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A tarot deck for interspecies design

A playful tool created by Master on Design for Emergent Futures alumni to rethink biodesign ethics and collaboration across species Introducing The Interspecies Tarot – a collaborative project created by […]

04.04.25

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Shaping the Future of FabLabs: ReeFab’s Journey in Bordeaux

ReeFab is a 3-year ERASMUS+ funded project focused on encouraging young people’s spirit of initiative, active citizenship and peer-to-peer collaboration through activities, projects, and workshops within the FabLabs, as a […]

17.03.25

education

FUTURE LEARNING

Master in Design for Emergent Futures – MDEF

Challenge the Way Things Work Today, Design for Tomorrow

FUTURE LEARNING

Postgraduate in Digital Fabrication – Fab Academy BCN

Hands-on learning experience and learn rapid-prototyping.

FUTURE LEARNING

Postgraduate in Textiles & Technology – Fabricademy BCN (INACTIVE)

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

Blog

Post

IAAC Scholarships Competition 2022

Scholarship for the Postgraduate Diploma in Fab Academy now open.

projects

Project

more4nature

Reversing the trend in environmental degradation through collaboration of Citizen Science initiatives with authorities

Project

Tech-Tales

Giving a twist to classic children's fairy tales through co-design methods and emergent technologies to fosters empathy, well-being, and creativity in children

Project

PENCE

Accelerating Europe's ecological transition through community empowerment and climate action

Project

make-a-thek

make-a-thek creates modular, replicable set-ups of makerspaces in public libraries providing access to innovative and circular approaches to fashion, crafts and design

Project

ReeFab

Empowering youth workers and young people to drive ecological transition

podcast

Podcast

The Commoning of Knowledge

With Marea Hildebrand & Jessica Guy

Podcast

Transforming Ideas into Reality

With Kaye Simmington

Podcast

Think globally, fabricate locally

with Tomas Diez and Primy Jeils

Podcast

The democratization of future-making

Scott Smith and Oscar Tomico

Podcast

How do we turn protests into proposals?

Kate Raworth and Tomas Diez

resources

Resource

SPML Machine

An open-source, portable multitool machine

shop

Smart Citizen Kit
Product

Smart Citizen Kit

A kit for citizen action in environmental monitoring

videos

jobs

Job

Sense Making Residency Program

Sense Making group is part of Fab Lab Barcelona, which aims at developing tools and technologies to translate urban environments into tangible data.