Purpose Corporates have recently invested in company-owned makerspaces with the goal
to skim the potential of makerspaces as innovation driver. The purpose of this paper is to …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of fabrication laboratories
(Fab Lab), an international network of digital laboratories, which provides new technological …

Innovation in technology-enhanced learning (TEL) is a complex process that requires the
active involvement of diverse actors. This paper elaborates on two design innovation …

In recent 5 years, digital fabrication technologies have not only advanced rapidly but have
also become more user-friendly and affordable, especially regarding their educational uses …

The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities explores the question of what it means for a city
to be 'smart', raises some of the tensions emerging in smart city developments and considers …

Purpose This paper aims to argue about the involvement of additive technologies (ATs) in
the prototy** issues of designing. More precisely, it reviews the literature contributions …

The aim of this paper is to analyze where Do It Yourself (DIY) comes to life, investigating the
economic reality of Italian Fabrication Laboratories, an international network of digital …

Digital fabrication laboratories play a role as an educational environment in which different
learning activities incorporate advanced technological developments. Digital fabrication …

The main objective of this study was to assess the degree of students' adaptation to two
types of courses on applications of architectural spatial representation. With the same …

Design education utilising digital fabrication is characterised by a dynamic project-based
learning environment in which ideas are embodied in prototypes. This environment affects …