The 4th Solidarity FabLabs challenge!
Fablab La Verrière, Montreuil - France
This project is inspired by the work of contemporary photographers, themselves inspired by African photo studios of the 1950s. For the young participants in the Solidarity FabLab, the idea was to invent a new photo studio concept that will produce images of the residents of their neighbourhood. At the FabLab, the team of unemployed 19 to 25-year-olds, supported by a photographic artist, designed and made engraved stamps and stencils to paint the studio's backdrop fabrics. 2D design (Inskape, Adobe illustrator, Adobe Capture), 3D fabrication (TinkerCAD) and an introduction to software tools turned the idea into reality.
Three young makers (19 to 24 years old), who participated in a social project dedicated to young people in difficult life situations, invented with a musician a device allowing to combine dance,...
Making sculpture accessible to the blind and visually impaired by reproducing works on a small scale: that was what the 16 to 18-year-old students of the 2nd Chance School wanted to do in their...
These original creations are the work of a group of young people who are not in education or training. The FabLab allowed them to put their ideas into practice, and then to consider marketing:...
Around one hundred youngsters aged 15 to 21 who are no longer in mainstream schooling turned a bus into a source of information and guidance that will tour Barcelona in search of young people....
Since 2015, we have offered free training in our Solidarity FabLabs to young people leading difficult lives. In the FabLabs they learn digital manufacturing, teamwork and perhaps a future trade. Our international challenge is aimed at them. It allows them to use our FabLabs to develop a project from A to Z and show everything they are capable of doing today. This year, it is all about using digital technology to devise and produce creations for the worlds of fashion, design and the arts.