Creative Labs
Frank Kresin / Research Director




      institute for art, science & technology
1900
2012
OPEN DESIGN


FABLAB @ WAAG SOCIETY
OPEN DESIGN


FABLAB @ WAAG SOCIETY




              KEY PRINCIPLES
              • Creativity
              • Technology
              • Entrepreneurship
FABBING
3D PRINTING
FABLAB TOOLS
OPEN DESIGN

OPEN SOURCE HOUSE   C_MM_N - OPEN SOURCE CAR
Personal Power Plant
  http://www.instructables.com/id/personal-powerPlant/
CREATIVITY




       Design For Your Future Self
ENTREPRENEURSHIP



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            LemonBow
      http://www.lemonbow-swimwear.com/
TECHNOLOGY




     FabFi
http://fabfi.fablab.af/
open prosthetics
http://amsterdam.fablab.nl/node/1943
PRINCIPLES
       The best producer is the actual user
   He/she can learn to build (almost) anything
Share blueprints & stand on the shoulders of others
Making helps us to understand the world we live in
WHAT DO FABBERS LEARN?
•   Sharing & Collaborating
•   Product development
•   Prototyping Processes
•   Innovation Processes
•   User Research
•   Mindset of the designer: solving problems
•   …
Special Interest Group Creative Labs




                     DEFINITION
        A Creative Lab is a working space where
      creativity and multidisciplinary collaboration
              are used to come up with new,
            unusual solutions or propositions.
Lab Landscape


                        Labs:
          4
                2       • Fablab A'dam
                    2
                        • CAMeRa
          2             • FreedomLab
                        • MediaLAB Amsterdam
                        • Gameship
                        • T-Xchange
                        • Smart eXpericience Lab
                        • LEF future center
                        • Fablab Arhnem
LEF FUTURE CENTER
LEF FUTURE CENTER
ID STUDIOLAB
ID STUDIOLAB
SMART XP LAB
SMART XP LAB
T-XCHANGE
T-XCHANGE
FABLAB ARNHEM
Tools
GOALS




CREATIVITY       TECHNOLOGY
FUNDING


            SUBSIDIES




             USERS


EDUCATION               CORPORAT
                           E
Open




Ideas                Things




        Restricted
Key Aspects I
Key Aspects II
Goals         Skills   Relation to formal
                              education




  Facilities                  Methods




Collaboration   Funding        Results
Frank Kresin
Research Director
Waag Society

@kresin
waag.org
frank@waag.org

Creative Labs transforming Higher Education

Editor's Notes

  • #16 perfect fit swimwear key value for fabricators: use the benefits of the new technology. no stitiching needed
  • #24 Verschillende labs, met ieder hun eigen specialiteiten.
  • #34 CAREN = Dure versie van de Wii 270º projectie, muren + vloer >> Uit de comfortzone halen
  • #35 Creatief = idee Techniek = de manier waarop
  • #36 Verschuiving subsidie > bedrijfsleven
  • #37 Het begrip Creative Lab is breed, daarom hebben we dit geconcretiseerd.