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This lab aims to experiment in the areas of creative programming, creative hardware and digital design and manufacturing with free and open-source tools, exploring their interconnectivity with areas like biology, cooking and textiles.

Discover the 8 projects selected for the collaborative prototyping workshop of LAB#02

07/11/2022

Next Tuesday 8th November the webinar to present the selected projects will take place at 18:30h (GMT+1) You can follow it by streaming. here.

We present the eight projects selected through public...

The Futures of food. Open call to collaborators

24/01/2019

In 2019, the workshops "Interactivos?" and "Data Journalism" address the complex world with reference to the SDGs, i.e. the Sustainable Development Goals. We therefore invite you to take part in any...

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Inspirating projects for Interactivos?'19

25/10/2018

Any project that is considered appropriate can be presented given the subject of the call. The selection criteria will be:

1. Degree of adjustment of the project to the call.
2. Innovation and...

Hamburger today, hummus tomorrow

25/10/2018

An approximation to the subject matter of Interactivos?’19 by Luis González Reyes.

Agriculture accounts for only 3.5% of global GDP. A certain famous economist, a “Nobel” prize winner no less, has...

Resolución de la convocatoria de iniciativas africanas Grigri Pixel 2018

Results of the call for participants from the continent of Africa. Grigri Pixel 2018

06/07/2018

Results of the call for participants from the continent of Africa for the third edition of Grigri Pixel:

VERSION EN FRANÇAIS

The call for collaborators will be open between September 10 and 30
...

Interactivos?'17 - Call for papers: guidelines and submission Form

27/02/2017

Open call for the presentation of research articles and theoretical...

Interactivos'17 - Call for projects: guidelines and submission form

27/02/2017

Open call for the selection of projects to be developed in a...

Interactivos?’16: Possible Worlds. Creative and Collaborative Uses of Digital. Collaborators call

25/04/2016

Call to collaborate in the project workshop Interactivos?’16: Possible Worlds. Creative and Collaborative Uses of Digital Technologies, that will be carried out from May 31th to June 12th, 2016...

Open call for Interactivos?’16: Possible Worlds. Creative and Collaborative Uses of Digital Technologies Workshop

23/03/2016

Workshop for collaborative prototyping. International open call for projects

Workshop dates: from May 31st to June 12th
Deadline for proposals: April 17th

With Marc Dusseiller (Hackteria) and Chris...

Interactivos?'15: Material Cultures in the Digital Age. Call for collaborators

23/10/2015

Call to collaborate in the project workshop Interactivos?'15: Material Cultures in the Digital Age, that will be carried out from December 2 to 16, 2015. Collaborators will participate in the...

Interactivos?'15: Material Cultures in the Digital Age

17/09/2015

Open call for the selection of 8 projects to be developed in a collaborative prototyping workshop from December 2 to 16, 2015. This activity is part of the Objects in Common project in collaboration...

Funcionamientos: Objects in Common and Diverse Bodies

09/09/2015

Funcionamientos: Objects in Common and Diverse Bodies is an open call for projects that propose to explore object design and virtual/material environments for the common good, as well as to propose...

Programs

Interactivos?'19: Eating against collapse

Medialab-Prado, with the support of the H2020 project DITOs organizes the international collaborative prototyping workshop Interactivos? '19: Eating against collapse. The inevitable end of the agro-industrial food model; where 8 selected projects will be developed among the proposals that are sent. The workshop will run from February 14th to March 2nd, 2019, and will mix an international seminar, the prototyping workshop, the public presentation of the prototypes developed and the exhibition of them. To learn more about the topic we are going to discuss, read carefully the article by Luis...

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Grigri Pixel Madrid 2018

Version française en bas This third edition of Grigri Pixel, scheduled from 15 to 28 October in Madrid, will focus on claiming the right to the city. After a first phase in February-March 2016 in Medialab Prado, the experience moved to Dakar during the fifth edition of the Afropixel festival. In October 2017, the second edition of Grigri Pixel was held in Medialab Prado (Madrid), in collaboration with the Espacio Vecinal of Arganzuela. The initiative was also invited to Barcelona in 2017, where work took place in collusion with HANGAR and the Taula Eix Pere IV - both entities are located in...

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Do we build a green future? Interactive? '18 and more!

Medialab-Prado, with the support of the H2020 DITOs project, organizes the international workshop Interactivos? '18: Inhabiting RRRRubbish. This workshop will be completed with the public presentation of the projects, an international seminar and a social forum about the environment on May 24th and the official ceremony of the closing of the European Green Week (#EuGreenWeek) on May 25th. INTERNATIONAL PROTOTYPING WORKSHOP May 10th - 23th Waste is a huge challenge for the 21st century as it is a necessary resource. However, in the oceans we have created useless floating islands of plastics and...

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Margarita sprouting from organic compost.

Funcionamientos. Open Design from the perspective of Functional Diversity

Work station that researches on and incorporates the concept of Universal Design, a pillar within inclusive design, to the criteria for open design and the possibilities of distributed fabrication.The Spanish term "diversidad functional" (functional diversity) was proposed by Manuel Lobato and Javier Romañach in Spain in 2005, within the Independent Life Forum. In contrast to other common denominations with negative connotations referring to the level of functionality of people such as handicap, disability or incapacity.Functional diversity is inherent to the human beings. Each person has a...

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Fablab: digital fabrication laboratory

Medialab-Prado’s Fablab is a space to experiment with different digital fabrication tools and techniques. In its current location, a former sawmill, Medialab-Prado has a dedicated space designed and equipped specifically for this, with a laser cutter, CNC routers and 3D printers. The Fablab assists different projects, activities and lines of work that need to use it’s facilities and machinery to build prototypes. Interactivos?, Mobiliario OpenSource, Autofabricantes, Funcionamientos, Experimenta Distrito, Grigri Pixel are among the groups and activities that have benefited from the Fablab’s...

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Interactivos?

Program initiated in 2006. Each year a new international collaborative prototyping workshop is celebrated in which different topics are addressed through creative experimentation with free hardware and software tools: creative programming, graphic experimentation, interaction design, digital narratives, etc.