I got the chance to spend a long Saturday at the Sound of Science Festival just outside Brussels. We drove the STEAMachine there to do workshops and demos for kids on the possibilities of digital fabrication. Little people, big dreams and huge possibilities to make the dreams come true with a van that gives access…
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RogLab is a public digital fabrication laboratory which gives access to modern tools of fabrication to people of all ages. It is housed in a container by the river Ljubljanica, which flows through the center of the city. We were welcomed by Tomo, the workshop manager, François the project manager of Fab Lab Net, a…
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As of October 2018 Decode Fab Lab is now officially part of the Fab Lab Network List, ready to share bits and atoms with the global network such as projects, ideas and people around the world. Why are we glad to be part of the network? We believe in the power of community, in learning from…
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Olivia Kotsifa was invited to present at the Culture 2030 (Πολιτισμός 2030) meeting in Elefsina, Greece, a gathering – conference that starts the conversation and planning of the 2021 European Culture events. During her talk, Olivia shared her views on how can Fab Labs contribute to the future resilient cities. Elefsina is the culture capital…
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how to make almost anything while travelling: creative mobility / mobile creatives : Olivia presented this idea and philosophy in the Fab 14 Distributed Mobility Festival in Puy En Velay France as part of the Fab14: Fabricating Resilience, July 2018 A few years back Olivia and Alexandros graduated from the MIT Fab Academy course “how to…
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This last July Olivia was invited to present her views on Mobility of people, projects, ideas, in the Fab City Conference, during the Fab City Summit 2018, next to international experts from a diverse range of fields, including art, design, politics, economics, industry, architecture, urbanism. The Fab City Global Initiative is making actionable the promises…
Read MoreOne of the rare authentic moments. We discovered by chance the Bip Bip bar in Copacabana. One tiny place which holds an important role in the history of Bossa Nova in Rio. We felt that we were part of a ceremony; everything was so quiet, respectful and mystic. Music has this extraordinary property. We couldn’t…
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We visited Fab Lab UNAL which is in the Arts and Architecture school of the National University of Colombia. Although it’s close to busy avenues and reaching it is no fun, once inside the campus feels it’s in the middle of the jungle! Exotic trees surround the various buildings and their long rich branches shade…
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At one time Medellin was declared the most violent place in the world. Medellin cartel has bombed Bogota, killed judges, policemen, journalists, newspaper editors, presidential candidates and innocent people. Pablo Escobar however helped by providing work through building projects and giving money to the poor in Medellin. During its peak, the Cartel was making around…
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This time was different. It was not just a visit but a week where things could happen. We were welcomed in Fab Lab Lima by Beno and Delia and we soon met the rest of the team during our stay. Fab Lab Lima had moved from where it was last year, to a very central space…
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It’s Titicaca and it’s a lake that’s part of both Bolivia and Peru. Isla del Sol, Bolivia We visited a couple of islands in the lake while crossing Bolivia to reach Cuzco in Peru. A long and super touristic trip which I don’t know if we would recommend, but here’s a few pics.…
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We made a very short stop-over in Paz, the highest administrative capital in the world at 3,640m above sea level, with Mount Illimani (6,438m) as its backdrop. La Paz has the world’s highest and longest cable car transportation system with currently 3 lines running, this is the best way to view the city from above.…
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a weekend off to visit the Andes and Valparaiso. Valparaiso is a city on the Pacific coast of central Chile only a 2 hour drive from Santiago. It is Chile’s main port and is known for its bohemian atmosphere, numerous funiculars on its steep hillside, colourful street art. It is designated a UNESCO World heritage…
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Once again, from up high, flying over the sky, you appeared, white and obscure cordillera of my homeland. Before then, the great airplane crossed great seas, jungles, deserts. Everything was symmetry, everything was ready on the earth’s surface, everything from above was path, until, in the middle of heaven and earth, your planetary snow lodged…
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Spending 10 days in Fab lab U. de Chile was such an experience! We had never met the team before but it felt as if we had known eachother for some time. Fab Lab U. de Chile is housed in the engineering School of Universidad de Chile in Santiago, a campus so lively and full…
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During our stay, Theo Jansen visited Fab Lab U. de Chile and met with people there, discussing their ongoing projects (including ours!) and answering our questions on the future of the arts and the artists’ responsibility in a time of technological achievements and also world changes. Theo Jansen presented his work later in the week…
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Neti No Es Todo Inventado is a strategic design and innovation lab that combines exponential technologies with human centred design and co-creation philosophies. Through an experiential approach they combine the application of exponential technologies with collaborative, interdisciplinary and horizontal working methods. Today we visited their makerspace, and met up with Jimena and Tomas possibly two of…
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