Pioneers of Tomorrow
Fabricademy is tailored to empower innovators from diverse backgrounds. Whether you have a creative profile as a maker, designer, artist, architect, come from a scientific or research-oriented background, by the end of the course, you will have acquired a unique combination of technical expertise, creative vision and a mindset oriented toward impactful change. You will be ready to shape novel career paths at the intersection of textiles, digital fabrication, biotechnology, and beyond.
✂️ Fashion & Costume designers
Fashion & costume designers seeking new & innovative ways of working with textiles whether this is with bio-materials, 3D designed & printed clothing or interactive wearables. Fabricademy offers the opportunity for fashion designers to become more sustainable in their practice.
⚙️ Industrial designers & architects
Fabricademy fosters the growth and seeks to increase the number of designers and creatives that self-produce goods by integrating technologies and resources they don’t have access to. Utilising digital platforms for all aspects of the creation process, to financing and execution.
🧑🏫 Teachers & Trainers
Education innovation is at the heart of societal change. With Fabricademy trainers have the opportunity to explore the ins and out of technology for textiles, wearables and materials innovation, by updating their skill set and knowledge for future proof teaching.
⚗️ Scientists
For the scientists that have a creative vein and want to push the boundaries at the crossing of art-science-tech practices applied to textiles and materials, Fabricademy offers a full set of design practices and support in concept development with mentoring by pioneers.
🧵 Craftspeople
Bridging traditional craftsmanship knowledge with innovation, for the craftspeople whose aim is to innovate their current practices or find alternative processes for fabrication. Fabricademy supports technological and environmental craft innovation towards more sustainable workflows and material use.
🧵 Lab Managers
The future of research, education and innovation happens in labs, like the TextileLabs, FabLabs and BioLabs offering the program. If your passion is experimenting, foster innovation opportunities and manage a space - with Fabricademy you will gain the required skill set and innovation approach.