Amsterdam, February 2013

The FabLab Amsterdam users:

a survey on their profile and activity.

Author: Irene Maldini. Embedded researcher of VU University Amsterdam at Waag Society.

Collaboration: Bas van Abel, Alex Schaub and Frank Kresin.

Supervision: Javier Gimeno Martinez

ABOUT THIS REPORT

open design

THE FABLAB AMSTERDAM

FabLab

Fab. The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop From Personal Computers to PersonalFabrication, New York

METHOD

home

wall facebook

RESULTS

consumers makers

Full Printed

ANALYSIS

open days

FabLabs as enhancers of innovation:

14 Common based peer production of physical goods: is there room for a hybrid innovationecology?,

FabLabs as platforms for co creation and open design:

original

Open Design Now, why design cannot remain exclusive,

Bussiness models for Fab Labs

FabLabs as spaces for amateur DIY, following the principle of users as

designers.

open design

democratize manufacturing: