A journey at the intersection of Textiles, Digital Fabrication and Biology
Fabricademy is an international interdisciplinary program that focuses on sustainability and digital technologies applied to the textile field, and its broad range of applications, from fashion and costume design, to wearable technologies, to material science and bio-technology.
FABRICADEMY
Where thread meets code meets cell
What is Fabricademy?
The 6-month educational program runs in multiple laboratories across the world, redefining the future of education through a glocal, holistic, and hands-on approach that blends global insights with locally tailored, real-world problem-solving interventions. Fabricademy, facilitated by the Fab Foundation, is an alliance of fablabs, textile labs, biolabs and makerspaces dedicated to equip graduates with pioneering skills for interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and sustainable solutions for current and future planetary challenges.
Fabricademy is conceived as a modular curriculum, offering participants the choice to attend the ORIGINAL 6-month complete program or create a customised selection of learning modules with the à La Carte Program.
Fabricademy is offered as a hybrid online and in-person learning experience with facilitated sessions over Zoom, online resources and teaching materials, along with in-person lab training, hands-on workshops and local mentorship. To participate, you must choose your preferred attendance location: either a certified and equipped laboratories or apply with your own lab.
Curriculum Overview
Program Structure
Phase I
December
In the first phase of the program, participants are introduced to prominent technologies through a series of hands-on intensive masterclasses. The classes interweave traditional craftsmanship with advanced prototyping tools, innovative materials, software and manufacturing techniques.
Phase II
March
In the second phase, participants focus on the development of personal in-depth applied research, implement critical thinking, and enhance complementary skills for the development of innovative solutions that explore and propose more sustainable, fair, and viable alternative systems to those in place today.
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Evaluation
Development
Sessions
Global evaluation
Labs network
Our worldwide campus
Fab Lab Armenia Education Foundation offers Fabricademy within a fully equipped fabrication laboratory, supported by a multidisciplinary team of trained instructors, engineers and technical specialists.
The program combines emerging technologies with Armenia’s rich traditions of art, craftsmanship and making, creating opportunities to connect digital fabrication with traditional techniques, local materials and cultural knowledge.
Here, participants transform ideas into real projects, develop future-oriented skills and bring local creativity into a global community of innovation.
