The Future Making & Manufacturing Lab (M+) is an open platform for many new digital manufacturing processes, from single prototypes to high-volume production, considering how research practice in new material forms and constructions can lead to innovation for many manufacturing industries. This Lab is also part of a collection of crafts communities operating within the Jiangsu Province, with a wide variety of materials, including bamboo, copper, earth, jade, silk, silver, stone, and wood. These craft materials processes offer unprecedented opportunities for design research as an expression of regionalism and digital innovation. Similar experiences that integrate traditional craft into contemporary design are happening in many other Chinese cities, promoting formats of traditional materials and handicraft techniques, workshops, and exhibitions.
The Future Making & Manufacturing Lab (M+) is an open platform for many new digital manufacturing processes, from single prototypes to high-volume production, considering how research practice in new material forms and constructions can lead to innovation for many manufacturing industries. This Lab is also part of a collection of crafts communities operating within the Jiangsu Province, with a wide variety of materials, including bamboo, copper, earth, jade, silk, silver, stone, and wood. These craft materials processes offer unprecedented opportunities for design research as an expression of regionalism and digital innovation. Similar experiences that integrate traditional craft into contemporary design are happening in many other Chinese cities, promoting formats of traditional materials and handicraft techniques, workshops, and exhibitions.
Lab Leader: Jacob de Baan, + Ivan Parati, Hongchao Wang, Jiaqi Wei
Examples of ongoing research projects:
Examples of exhibitions: