Urban acupuncture and maker resilience in Taipei
Taiwan is renovating its military-industrial heritage. The ex-military base of Treasure Hill was turned into an artistic village where the OpenLab Taipei is blossoming.
Lab Life
In London, makers face gentrification
How is the maker scene doing in the largest city of the European Union? Makery made the rounds of the digital fabrication spaces, less fablabs than makerspaces.
At FabCafe Singapore, a little fab corner under a big lotus flower
Opened six months ago within the avant-garde ArtScience Museum in Singapore’s newest commercial and tourist district, the FabCafe is the latest addition to the global network born in Tokyo in 2012.
Workbench Projects, the makerspace under the Bangalore metro
Anupama Gowda and Pavan Kumar, encountered at the FAB12 international fablab conference in Shenzhen, created the first fablab in Bangalore, India, under a metro station. For Makery, Anupama Gowda tells its story.
El Reactor, summer chronicle of a pioneer fablab in Buenos Aires
It’s summertime in Buenos Aires, not the best time to discover the growing network of Argentinian fablabs. While waiting for FAB13, the fabconf in Santiago de Chile in July, visit of El Reactor.
Fablab Setagaya, prototyping in the craft shop
Fablab Setagaya, the 18th and newest addition to the Fablab Japan network, is officially open since November 1, 2016 in a micro village of arts and crafts in the southwest of Tokyo.
Kyoto Design Lab reconciles thinking and making
Laser-cut seaweed, drugged flies as miniature models of patients suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease… D-lab innovates in both education and design.
Solidarity with the migrants at the Neckar-Alb fablab in Germany
In Tübingen, the fablab concerns itself with social integration of migrants and takes part in the Freifunk project for free access to the Internet. Guided tour.
In pursuit of the fishbots at Yamamoto Lab
We ventured into Yamamoto Lab at Nagasaki University, pioneer of the biomimetic fish robots. Professor Ikuo Yamamoto’s marine-inspired mechatronics have won awards. And set records.
Lyon, the city where the labs color outside the lines
The Lyon metropolis celebrates its makers. Makery explored the labs of France’s third-largest city, from the “historical” elders born in the suburbs to the fledgling new maker entrepreneurs.
Mexico: the new maker generation in the starting blocks (2/2)
In Mexico, the maker movement is taking off. After the first chapter of our investigation dedicated to the pioneers, Makery introduces the new players.
Mexico: when doers become makers (1/2)
In huge Mexico City, people have always been doing and making. The community is growing and redefining its rules. Part 1 of our report focuses on the pioneers.
Mapping complexity at the Médialab Sciences Po in Paris
Set up in 2009 at the initiative of the sociologist Bruno Latour, the Médialab Sciences Po in Paris designs digital tools for social sciences. Encounter.
Fablab Kamakura: learning in the land of the Giant Buddha
Every Monday morning, one hour's train ride south of Tokyo, Fablab Kamakura opens its doors to the public. Report.
Elephant Box, chili table tennis balls to educate elephants
Developed by Cirad and makers from la Fruitière numérique in Lourmarin (France), the Elephant Box could solve the man-elephant conflict in Africa.
Gamerz, a lab for players and good sports
From November 6-15, Gamerz lab in Aix-en-Provence is holding the 11th edition of its festival for artistic tinkering around video games. Visit of a gamelab.
In Lima, fablabs are the Eldorado of Peru
Peru is the first and only country in Latin America to have hosted an international fablab conference. Since 2011, has the event created a dynamic specific to the emergence of labs?
(Français) Alors, cette fédération des labs français, ça vient?
En mai a été lancée l'idée d'un réseau national des fablabs. Olivier Gendrin, coordinateur du chantier de la future association et Emmanuelle Roux, du FacLab, échangent sur la difficulté à construire cette fédération.
Hybrid landscapes, ecology and DIY in the wild
Field Notes Hybrid Matters is a bi-annual arts & science field laboratory organised in one of the northern most corners of Finnish Lapland, Kilpisjärvi lake.
Montreal, heart of makers (part 2)
In Montreal, the hatching of fablabs belongs to makers with catching enthusiasm. We met some of them.