Spotlight on the MDEF graduate creatives of 2020

by Emily Whyman    Posted on July 20, 2020

The projects Organic Matters, Gardenfit and Pangea are delving into emergent futures.

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No Fab Lab? No problem!

by Emily Whyman    Posted on June 30, 2020

The Future Learning Unit (FLU) at Fab Lab Barcelona has created the ‘SPML Machine’ and ‘CNC by the Sea’ - two open source machines for distributed creating, working, and building when remote learning.

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Smart Citizens in action to show pollution decrease during the COVID-19 crisis

by Óscar González and Guillem Camprodon    Posted on April 24, 2020

Since it started, Smart Citizen has aimed at being a global tool. We are comparing the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown in multiple locations worldwide to see how different cities have experienced this new reality.

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MDEF Hyper Domestic X Hyper Global in collaboration with LINK Journal

by Emily Whyman    Posted on April 09, 2020

The emergent reality of the COVID crisis has led to a new form of distributed education, with students now undertaking the master from their home countries dotted across the world. This is being implemented by the Master in Design for Emergent Futures students in a collaborative project by Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC and LINK Journal.

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The Story of MDEF Made in China

by Kate Armstrong    Posted on February 24, 2019

The students of the MDEF [Master of Design for Emergent Futures] have seen the Future. The changemakers undertook an inspiring study-trip in January spending two weeks fully immersed in China. The reputation of China as a cheap manufacturer of unethical clutter isn’t exactly in line with the brief of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures but the students instead went to explore another side to the myth that China is simply an endless stream of plastic.

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2018 - Our Year in Review

by Kate Armstrong    Posted on December 29, 2018

As 2018 comes to an end, we’re getting a little nostalgic thinking about the year that was. Filled with achievements, challenges, beginnings and milestones - 2018 has been another exciting chapter for Fab Lab Barcelona.

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Winemakers Lab - When Tech meets Wine

by Kate Armstrong    Posted on November 03, 2018

Fab Lab Barcelona have launched a Winemaking course to enrich the ancient knowledge of winemaking with maker-technology. Why? To make better wine!

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Fab Academy 2019 - make a change, make your job!

by Kate Armstrong    Posted on November 01, 2018

Fab Academy 2019 student applications are now open at Fab Lab Barcelona and we're encouraging you to #makeyourjob!

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Fabrication Laboratory Assistant at Fab Lab Barcelona

by Marco Sanalitro    Posted on September 17, 2018

We are looking for a enthusiastic, self sufficient, organized and creative person to assist our FabLab, sharing our values and beliefs.

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The Fab City Manifesto

by Marco Sanalitro    Posted on July 27, 2018

28 Cities, all over the world, signed the Fab City Manifesto, 10 principles to enable the urban transition towards locally productive and globally connected cities.

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