February 13, 2015 - News : Archived

Ministerial Support for our work at the Lab
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On Wednesday 11th February, DEFRA’s Resource Management Minister Dan Rogerson visited us at the Fab Lab to see what we have been getting up to since our September launch. He was given a tour of the machines room, had a peek into the materials library, and spoke to RSA...
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January 24, 2015 - News : Past event

Pushing the bounds of materials and information: tracking and tracing in a circular economy
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Come and join The Great Recovery in a workshop on tracing and tracking. Participants will be introduced to the concept of material tracking and tracing and what it could mean for the nascent circular economy.
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January 6, 2015 - Resources : Blog

Salvaging materials from a broken printer
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Our guest blogger, Stephen Bell is a volunteer at Fab Lab London. Here he describes his experience of hacking a broken printer in the workshop, in order to find out what materials were present and what he could salvage.
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January 5, 2015 - Resources : Past event Video

Make:Shift:Do jewellery Making
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Who needs Mikimoto, Tiffany or Cartier when you have acrylic off-cuts and some e-waste to make jewelry out of? Our film shows off some of the stunning designs which were created during our bustling maker session at Fab Lab London
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December 8, 2014 - News : Past event

Christmas Gift Workshop
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Avoid rush in the shops, join us in Fab Lab London and create your own personalised Christmas cards and gifts for your loved ones, or maybe just some decorations for your home.
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December 5, 2014 - News : Past event

Creating a kettle or providing boiled water? Service design for a more circular economy
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What exactly is service design, why do we need it and why is it particularly important for building a circular economy? Find out in The Great Recovery's 2 day long workshops.
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November 26, 2014 - Resources : Blog Past event

Make:Shift:Do
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Last weekend, the Great Recovery got crafty with waste! The Fab Lab London opened it's doors to host a day of jewellery making, laser-cutting and 3D printing with e-waste and acrylic off cuts.
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November 10, 2014 - Resources : Blog Past event

Plastic – it’s a love/hate thing
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On the 3rd November we gathered together a room full of experts in plastic, from a range of fields: recycling, design, science, engineering and sustainability. A series of short lectures from members of this group revealed some fascinating insights, motivations, ideas, problems in plastic innovation and sustainability.
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October 28, 2014 - News : Past event

Sustaining Creativity: Circularity Showcase
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Join Julie’s Bicycle and the RSA’s Great Recovery team to explore the challenges and opportunities of ‘circularity’ in practice, and what creative practice might look like if we got it right.
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