Can you imagine a world where affordable housing would be defined according to average income, not market forces? Where neighbourhoods...
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We are beyond thrilled to announce that our festival of hope, surprise, and inspiration is back in Barcelona. In fact,...
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The Fabricademy program is training a global community of transdisciplinary designers to propose new ways of making, designing, wiring and...
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15 things that have given me joy as Editor of Atlas of the Future Yes, it’s officially time for me...
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Imagine being able to grow and make almost anything. Well, you can. That’s what this ‘Fab’ global initiative is...
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A new circular model of housing entirely created with reusable and recyclable materials has taken form in Italy thanks to...
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As in every design endeavour, it all started with a problem. In fact, two of them. The first encountered problem...
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"We craft furniture that benefits people and planet; gifts that do good." The problem of waste is a global one...
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Imagine if you could click a button and be able to grow and make almost anything. That’s what Fab City is all about:...
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Imagine if you could get a 'city' to agree to making the world more self-sufficient. A creative team of pioneers and...
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"We either build the future we want, or become the victims of it." As Director of Fab Lab Barcelona at the Institute for...
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In the late 18th century a small group of remarkable friends met at a house outside Birmingham, UK, got blind drunk...
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What do Uber flying cars, Hoversurf drone taxis, Amazon's giant mothership zeppelin, the Soviet city in the sky and these visions of high-elevation life have...
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In March 2017, Fab Lab Barcelona celebrated ten years of innovation, participation, digital manufacturing, technology and creation with a big birthday fiesta at the...
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Over the last decade Fab Lab Barcelona has helped people around the world to locally conceptualise, design, develop and fabricate, with a...
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Part of a growing movement thinking differently about how to support people living in conflict areas, Refugee Open Ware (ROW3D) works...
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It is now more important than ever that communities of people take a stand for the things they believe, and...
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As the world turns upside down and unhinged becomes the new normal, we want to provide some positivity from within...
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In the late 18th century a small group of remarkable friends met at a house outside Birmingham, UK, got blind...
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Minibuilders takes 3D printing on a large scale to a new level. There has always been a close relationship between...
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Submitted by you: Getting its name from the Greek for 'clay', Pylos introduces a more ecological approach to housing using soil...
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Wouldn’t it be extraordinary if we could end extreme poverty, hunger, disease, climate change and fight inequality and injustice by...
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As the world’s cities grow the role of farmers is increasingly important, but a lack of accessible agricultural machinery can...
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In space and forgotten your spanner? No problem. In November 2014 a 3D printer successfully printed its first object in...
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I'm thrilled to introduce myself as editor-in-chief of Atlas of the Future, the new international Barcelona-London venture from Oriol Soler, Cathy...
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Hip hop and politics. Blind photographers. Crayons and big ideas. In this week's CultureFutures special we're exploring creativity in surprising...
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Every year Sónar+D forms a key part of the stamina-pushing Sónar Festival, one of Europe's biggest and most forward-thinking dance music events. If you...
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From a Noah’s Ark of seeds and American Idol for rural farmers to 3D printing prosthetics in conflict zones and...
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There's more to the historic Somerset House than courtyard concerts, dancing fountains and London's most iconic Christmas ice rink. In its cellars...
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Today some of the most advanced 3D printing techniques in the world are being developed by German company Nanoscribe, who are...
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