The annual gathering of the Global Maker Community in Czech Republic was filled with inspiring talks and collaborative working groups and hands-on activities that brought people and ideas together. Among the highlights of the event, a sneak peek into last week’s Fabricademy workshops, the Graduation ceremony and the final Exhibition featuring Fabricademy alumni, invited local designers and the 2025 final projects.
Fabricademy Workshops & Working Groups at Fab25
Fabri Xiao Workshop, in collaboration with Fabricademy Node Fab Lab Leon, focused on combining the Fabricademy Xiao microcontroller, sewing techniques, conductive thread, flexible silicone wire COB LEDs to personalize a wearable hat with a soft e-textile push buttons.
Open Source Circular Fashion Workshop, focused on modular and reconfigurable garments and structures designed to be zero-waste and produced using laser cutting techniques.
Soft Robotics Workshop, in collaboration with Adriana Cabrera and Fabricademy Alumna Saskia Helinska, where participants investigated movement using heat transfer vinyl techniques to prototype interactive, responsive structures.
3D Printing on Fabric Workshop, in collaboration with Josef Prusa Research and Fabricademy Alumna Batoul Al-Rashdan.
A hands-on workshop focused on learning how to reshape texitles with 3D Printing Technology.
Fabricademy Alumni Talks & Highlights
Fabricademy Alumni showcased their final projects at #Fab2025, connected to themes of local heritage, community, technology and artisanal craftsmanship. Among them: Shefali Desai, Surzhana Radaneva x Mekanika, Kohshi Katoh.
Kohshi Katoh, from Skylab Workshop Japan & Toyota Motor Corporation, presented his Fabricademy Final Project on stage an accessible, digitally fabricated kinetic seat to be locally made in Kenya.
Watch the talk on youtube
Fabricademy Exhibition 2025, Prague | ArteFab 2025
The textile industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation, propelled by an urgent need for a more environmental conscious future and supported by advancements in personal fabrication, biotechnology, innovative materials, 3D modeling and local distributed manufacturing.
This exhibition serves as a window into this dynamic landscape, where creativity and personal visions weave future narratives of textile, material production and consumption.
Projects displayed featured root-grown and bio-based garments, bacterial-dyed textiles, material and color archives, technical and magnetic fabrics, interactive gloves, educational books and kits for learning electronics, 3D printing reinterpretations of heritage, sensor-based wearables and costume designs, and works combining embroidery, novel materials, and local culture.
Zahia Albakri, Mountain Magistrate
Rawan Aziziyeh, When I Met Myself
Florencia Moyano, Beyond Feathers
Raul Babines, Metamorphosis
Ola Muhanna, Archive of Emotions
Erika Mirzoyan - Threads of Tradition
Anoush Arshakyan - The Hands Can Tell A Lot
Dima Hejap - Tatreez Reimagined
Ola Muhanna - Rose Windows
Raul Babines - Metamorphosis Collection
Raul Babines - Metamorphosis Collection
Fabtextiles, Atlas of Biomaterials
Anastasia Pistofidou, Bioplastic Cook book
Anastasia Pistofidou, Coffee Leather Jacket
Zander Webster, Beyond Blue
Fatemeh Mollaie, MagnaLiber
Erika Mirzoyan, Threads of Tradition
Laura Muth & DineshKumar, ReLine
Laura Muth, Shoe with an expiration date
Surzhana Radnaeva x Mekanica, Telluric Project
Nela Bartáková, Baleriny
Cecilia Raspanti, Asli Aydin Aksan, Michelle Vossen, TextileLab Amsterdam
HaptiColor
Naim Al-Haj Ali, Istikshaf
Maricruz Garcia, Asimetri
Cecilia Raspanti, The Archive of The Future
Nelly Puertas, Alpacol
Ala' Janbek, BZA
Ieva Marija Dautartaitė, æ sensation map
Ema Želinská, Hana Valtová, Natália Červeňáková
Makeful, 3D printed garments
Barbara Rakovska, AmberGrain Embroidery
Barbara Rakovska, AmberGrain Embroidery
3D Printed Swatches,
E-textiles kits
Nela Bartáková, Baleriny
Klara Malo, Pomalu
Dima Hejap, LUM
Dima Hejap, Tatreez Reimagined
Participants of ArteFab 2025
Adriana Cabrera, Ala' Janbek, Anastasia Pistofidou, Anoush Arshakyan, Asli Aydin Aksan, Barbara Rakovska, Batoul Al-Rashdan, Cecilia Raspanti, Dima Hejap, DineshKumar Gunasekaran, Erika Mirzoyan, Fatemeh Mollaie, Florencia Moyano, Ieva Marija Dautartaitė, Jessica Dias, Klára Malo, Laura Muth, Maricruz García Chávez, Mekanika, Michelle Vossen, Naim Al-Haj Ali, Nela Bartáková, Nelly Puertas, Ola Muhanna, Rawan Aziziyeh, Raul Babines, Suhaib Kamal, Surzhana Radnaeva, Zahia Albakri, Zander Webster.
The Exhibition wouldn't be possibile without the amazing team of Makemore.cz and Prusa Research that contributed 3D printing custom mannequins.
Learn more about the projects
Check out the Virtual Exhibition 2025 & the Exhibition Catalogue
Want to explore the Fabricademy Program and the opportunities to learn with us this September? 🎓
Check textile-academy.org/apply or email us at info@textile-academy.org
