Fablabs

Fab Labs can be described as spaces where people come together to learn about versatile digital design and manufacturing technologies and create things in individual or collaborative projects. Some labs are run voluntarily, whilst others receive institutional support (e.g. from universities and libraries), but all share an ethos towards providing labs that can be freely (at least in parts) accessed by the wider public. Fab Lab members are involved in a variety of practices that go beyond tinkering with technologies and making things. For instance, this can include experiments for commons-based peer production that some observers claim might be relevant for a post-consumption society.