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1. How to build a FabLab
Massimo Menichinelli
openp2pdesign.org
Design for Open Systems, Processes, Projects, Places.

2. Digital Fabrication and
FabLabs

3. Bits + Atoms: two different directions
From atoms to bits From bits to atoms
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4. Source: http://cba.mit.edu/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld
Fab Lab: from MIT + Neil Gershenfeld

5. Source: http://www.google.com/patents?id=rRpqAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
01. Computer attached to machines

6. Source: http://www.reprap.org/
02. Machines that replicate machines

7. Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGO
03. Materials with embedded code

8. Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosoma
04. Materials with embedded program

9. Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/biomimicry/training-bacteria-to-grow-consumer-goods
Even IDEO is working on this

10. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/protospace/5512892072/
Democratizing Digital Fabrication

11. Source: http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs
FabLab: a global community / network

12. Fab9: the global meeting in 2013
Source: http://fab9jp.com/

13. * A space about bits and atoms
* Part of a network
* A local and global community
* A set of tools
* A set of knowledge
* A set of processes
* A service
* Not a franchising
* A business
* A concept currently under development
Source: http://www.openp2pdesign.org/2013/spaces/what-is-a-fablab/
A Fab Lab is ...

14. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/7243041170/in/photostream
The experience of digital craftsman

15. Source: http://fablab.waag.org/project/3d-bass-guitar
Not only prototypes, also complete products

16. Source: http://www.sourcemap.com
Supply chain and sustainability

17. “We fnd this previously unmeasured type of household sector
innovation to be quite large: 6.2% of UK consumers - 2.9
million individuals - have engaged in consumer product
innovation during the prior 3 years. In aggregate, consumers’
annual product development expenditures are 2.3 times larger
than the annual consumer product R&D expenditures of all
frms in the UK combined. “
Eric A. Von Hippel, Jeroen De Jong, Steven Flowers
Comparing Business and Household Sector Innovation in Consumer
Products: Findings from a Representative Study in the UK
Source: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1683503
Users innovate – a lot!

18. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimo_menichinelli/7325704122/in/photostream
Open Source from the practice

19. Examples of FabLabs

20. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37873897@N06/4973326149/
Fab Lab Amsterdam (Netherlands)

21. Source: http://web.me.com/bartbakker/saguaro/Mini_FabLab.html
Mini Fab Lab (Utrecht, Netherlands)

22. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_fab_lab
Mobile Fab Lab

23. Source: http://www.fablab.af/
Fab Lab Afghanistan (Jalalabad, Afghanistan)

24. Sourc: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimo_menichinelli/6766260627/in/set-72157629041599151/
FabLab Barcelona (Spain)

25. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimo_menichinelli/6675540071/in/set-72157628815390223
A (big) FabLab for architecture

26. Source: http://greenfablab.org/
Green FabLab Barcelona

27. Source: http://www.iaacblog.com/blog/2011/iaac-at-fab-7-in-lima-peru/
Barcelona FabCity

28. FabLabs development
I've worked in

29. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/8112009542/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)

30. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/8112001335/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)

31. Source:: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/8005660900/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)

32. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/7241749322/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)

33. Source: http://www.fablabreggioemilia.org/. Picture: Alessandro Rizzi
FabLab Reggio Emilia (Italy)

34. MuSe Fablab (Trento, Italy)

35. Picture: Alessandro Gadotti
MuSe (Trento, Italy)

36. MuSe Fablab (Trento, Italy)

37. Best practices for
starting a FabLab

38. Add yourself here:
Soruce: http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs

39. Send your details here:
Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/labs/

40. A FabLab should:
* provide public access to the fablab
* subscribe the fab charter
* share the same set of tools and processes
* partecipate in the global network fo fablabs
Source: http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/ConditionsForFabLabLabel
Conditions for being a Fab Lab

41. * What is a fablab? Fab labs are a global network of local labs, enabling invention by providing access for
individuals to tools for digital fabrication.
•
* What's in a fablab? Fab labs share an evolving inventory of core capabilities to make (almost) anything,
allowing people and projects to be shared
•
* What does the fab lab network provide? Operational, educational, technical, fnancial, and logistical
assistance beyond what's available within one lab.
* Who can use a fab lab? Fab labs are available as a community resource, ofering open access for individuals as
well as scheduled access for programs.
* What are a fab lab user's responsibilities?
* safety: knowing how to work without hurting people or machines
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* operations: assisting with maintaining the lab
* knowledge: contributing to documentation and instruction
* Who owns fab lab inventions? Designs and processes developed in fab labs can be protected and sold
however an inventor chooses, but should remain available for individuals to use and learn from.
* How can businesses use a fab lab? Commercial activities can be prototyped and incubated in a fab lab, but
they must not conflict with other uses, they should grow beyond rather than within the lab, and they are
expected to beneft the inventors, labs, and networks that contribute to their success
August 14, 2012
Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/
Fab Charter

42. Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/logos/index.html
Fab Lab logo: no trademark

43. * Start from the local conditions
* Think about the community and get it involved
* Develop the service, the business model and then
the business plan
* Beware of the hidden costs!
* Plan enough time for the development of the lab
* Balance the team and the resources
* Choose carefully the tools
* It’s not over yet when you buy the machines
* Be part of the network and learn from others
* Test the machines and the processes before
opening
Source: http://www.openp2pdesign.org/2013/spaces/10-things-to-do-when-starting-a-fablab/
10 things to do...

44. (Very) small lab
* 25 m2
* 50.000 €
* 1 person
Medium lab
* 75 m2
* 100.000 €
* 2 people
Big lab
* > 120 m2
* 200.000 €
* 3 people
Scales...

45. Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html
The official list of tools

46. Laser cutter
(Small) CNC
Milling machine
3D
printing
(Big) CNC
Milling machine
Digital
sewing /
embroidery
Vinyl cutter 3D Scanner
Electronics
(custom PCBs,
Arduino)
Most common technologies in a FabLab

47. Laser cutter
(Small) CNC
Milling machine
3D
printing
(Big) CNC
Milling machine
Digital
sewing /
embroidery
Vinyl cutter 3D Scanner
Electronics
(custom PCBs,
Arduino)
Basic technologies in a FabLab

48. Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
A service design toolkit

49. Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Personas: user-centered design

50. Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Personas: user-centered design

51. Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Activity Network: structure

52. Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Activity Network: structure

53. Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Business Model Canvas: sketch

54. Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
System Map: flows

55. Thank you!
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