MADE@EU
Made@EU (2014-2016)
Creative Europe Programme
Description
Made@EU aims to foster the third industrial revolution by radically changing the production and distribution status quo, and strongly influence society as a whole, from a cultural, social and economic platform. This initiative attempts to remove existing barriers for the widest use of digital fabrication technologies amongst European creatives.
Partners
Plymouth College of Art (UK), École Nationale Superieure de Création Industrielle (FR), Fab Lab Barcelona / IAAC
The project
Made@EU aims to change this linear paradigm through connecting and influencing different areas of society as a whole, from a cultural, social and economic platform to digital fabrication and Fab Labs. This would ideally foster the third industrial revolution through empowerment of users, knowledge sharing and breaking down the “digital divide” amongst European creatives in relation to the use of digital fabrication.
IAAC, in partnership with the University of Plymouth and ENSCI Les Ateliers, was the coordinator of the Made@EU project, launched within the framework of the Creative Europe Programme. Technologies such as 3D printing and scanning have recently opened new development and innovation opportunities for the creative sectors. This phenomenon, described as the third industrial revolution, is expected to radically change the production and distribution status quo and strongly influence society as a whole, from a cultural, social and economic point of view.
However, in order to fully unleash design’s potential as a driver for growth and innovation, a number of remaining barriers have to be lowered in the fields of education and training linked to the use of digital fabrication technologies amongst European creatives.
Made@EU aims to bridge the “digital divide” that currently hinders the widespread use of digital fabrication knowledge and technologies in the European culture, especially in the field of design, arts and crafts.
Who is it for?
Made@EU is for creatives and professional institutions seeking new methodologies using digital fabrication as a tool to produce new designs.
Creative Professionals
Any creative professionals who wish to develop skills and challenge the status quo of the current industrial paradigm. To gain experience and understanding of the power of digital fabrication in relation to their practice – whether it be engineering, arts, music and culture.
Cooperation project funded by European Union’s Creative Europe programme under Grant Agreement 2014-2308 / 001 -001
