The Makers Are Coming

FabLabs in the BeNeLux

Ton Zijlstra (@ton_zylstra)Opening FabLab Luxembourg, 23 April 2013

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/3856061/

Tool shed

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Blog network explosion

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Local Resilience (not autarchy)&

Global Network

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Making is a literacy

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Making = Digital machines + FabLab network/local ecosystem

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Laser Cutter

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• Vinyl cutter

Vinyl Cutter

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• CNC router / milling machine

CNC Router

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• Micro electronics

Micro-electronics

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3D printer

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Vacuumform

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FabLab Concept - Some Aspects

• Open (“walk in from the street”)

• Share experience and knowledge

• Free if you share

• Widely available software

• You use the machines

• Just hit ‘print’

• Design Global - Build Local

• In NL often: Shop in Shop

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Stichting FabLab BeNeLux

FabLab Foundation BeNeLux

2006

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2007 FabLab Amsterdam

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2008 FabLab Utrecht

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabfablab/3593741318/

2009 FabLab Den Haag

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2010 FabLab Groningen

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lykle/4367616987

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2010 FabLab Leuven

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• Arnhem

• mobile lab (last week in Berlin for 1st testing)

2010 Mobile FabLab

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• Highest density / city of FabLab

The City of FabLab

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Competition?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joiseyshowaa/2853272392/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/maistora/3014414972/

Diversity through local roots

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Infrastructure of machines

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Each new FabLab makes the others more valuable

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• Makes community building very important

Community Building

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Video connections

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Yearly Fab Conference

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Every 6 Weeks: FabTable

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FabLab.nl

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What happens in FabLabs?

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Concrete Lace

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Tools

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Ceramics

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Decorative Structures

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Bike parts

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Furniture

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Fashion

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Home Decoration

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Circuit Boards

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/protospace/4727423648/

Games

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabfablab/4271216895/

Sportscar Rear Lights

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Anti skimming

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Personalized Tags

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabfablab/4110183534/

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Robots

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‘Something’ & ‘Anything’

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabfablab/3504954914/

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Custom Made Prosthetics for $40

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Networked life, networked work, networked learning

Challenges

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• Makes community building very important

Community building

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A real local ecosystem

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Enhancing the global dimension

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• bizz models

• long tail

Sustainable model in long tail?

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Networked life, networked work, networked learning

Accomodating exponential growth

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Actief uitnodigend§

You’re invited

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhammza/492882480/

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Credits

All photos & slides: Ton Zijlstra, by nc sa

Except where mentioned on photo, all

Slides: http://slideshare.net/tonzijlstraSite: http://fablab.nlPersonal blog: http://zylstra.org/blogFabLab Videos: http://fablab.23video.comContact: ton@fabfolk.com

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