The Fabricademy, Textile & Technology Academy is a interdisciplinary course based on hands-On learning and bottom-up approach. It is divided into two trimesters, the first 3 months (September to December) there are weekly global lectures about skills, tools and processes where each student has weekly assignments that are reviewed globally.
During the first 3 months, there are also scheduled talks from experts and practitioners for further exploration of each week's topic. The second trimester (January to March) is focused on personal project development using the local laboratory infrastructure together with the local instructor and with bi-weekly mentorship of the global experts.
Classes 2025-26 - Skill Capsules (Global Lectures)
From September to December 2025
Personal Project Development
From January to March 2026
Pre-courses
Pre-Courses will run at the local level, each node can choose and offer pre-courses related to the themes of the Fabricademy according to their expertise, resources and tutors skills.
Pre-courses can have a duration of 8h to 20h and their cost depends on the local lab.
Check out our nodes list to find the nearest lab.
Contents
- Basic pattern making
- Sustainability
- Textile applications
- 3D modeling
- Materials, DIY recipes
- Weaving, knitting etc
- Dyeing, printing, screen printing, various techniques
