The Fabricants - Innovate and craft, enjoy and care -

18 May 2018

Robohand: ingenious, collaborative, accessible

Richard, Ivan and Liam. A woodworker, an engineer, and a kid. One loses three fingers at work, the other is into 3D printing, and from the third comes some strong genuine reasons why.

7 April 2018

Feel the color : from textured rugs to Braille alphabet

Most of us are able to use all of our five senses without even thinking about it. When one of them looses its strength, or capability, can it still be triggered, with a little help of the four others, of our memory, and of a designer-maker and her creativity?

21 February 2018

Smart and beautiful phone games made possible

It is now possible to let your kiddo play amazingly well-thought and well-designed games. At least with Monument Valley. Let’s hope for some more of this kind.

31 January 2018

Woolen twists and jewelry – Rhizom studio

I met Rose Morand at parisian fine arts and crafts biennale in 2016 and have been longing to talk about her knitted jewelry pieces since then.

10 January 2018

GO: bespoke 3D-printed wheelchair

GO was imagined and designed by Layer, a London-based industrial design studio. Layer solely invents from tangible and daily experiences, to invent meaningful devices, focused on the user’s “better-being”.

8 January 2018

Jix: savvy cocktails

rom now on, you’ll never throw your straws away. Jix is a smart construction game allowing you to get ingenious, arty, and skillful. Moreover, it’s recycled and recyclable, 100% made in the USA, and easy to carry and play anywhere.

21 December 2017

Eatwell-despite cognitive and motor disorders

Sha Yao is an industrial designer. After working with guitars, airplanes, and building tables for refugees, she launches Eatwell, a meaningful assistive tableware set.