We had the chance to present our open-source incubator that promotes fermented food and collaboration with natural processes at fab16montreal, the international Fab Labs conference!

This summer, makery.info (media for labs) came to interview us in our studio in Barcelona about our practice and projects. The transcript is now online on their website. Check it out to better understand what we do :-)

Thanks Maya & Ewen, come back anytime for more “fermented discussions” 🌻

This morning we had the chance to present our open-source incubator at the Fab16, the worldwide event of the Fablab network! We gave a talk, or theory workshop as they call it, for the first time and we really enjoyed doing it.

We covered topics such as

• fermentation as a process of partnering with microorganisms
• plant-based proteins as an effective solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
• how to make tempeh
• why we make open source tools
• how to leverage the principles of distributed design and decentralised manufacturing

FAB16

FAB16 brings together members of the international Fab Lab network, as well as government officials, academic researchers, and experts in the field of digital fabrication, to present, envision, discuss, and build community around digital fabrication, technology, and innovation. This year, FAB16 and Fab City Summit will all be hosted online, with FAB16 Hubs creating events for their communities to join the online programming and local programming of their own.

Last month we participated in WikiFactory’s #FromOneToMany challenge and they just announced that we won the functionality prize with our tempeh moulds, woop woop!

We have won a form box machine that will help us to develop our mould series and research new materials by further exploring moulding and casting techniques.

• Announcement video → link
• Winners → link

Back to the post office today, but this time bound for Amsterdam.

Indeed, in the context of the Hyper Global / Hyper Local exchange programme, we are teaming up with Valentina from My Vegan Fam to improve our tempeh moulds.

Valentina is a professional tempeh maker based in Amsterdam. She has a burning passion for tempeh and that pushes her to get out and spread the love for this fantastic food. She is the one who gave us her tempeh recipe when we were in Amsterdam two years ago.

She will test our moulds and give us feedback, we will then co-design the next version and finally, we will support her to 3D print the new version in a local makerspace in order to test the distributed design and decentralised fabrication side of the project. We’ll keep you posted!

We sent a prototype version of our Domingo Necklace to See U Brussels in the context of their Bingo Escabelle which took place on Sunday 11th July.

Bingo Escabelle put the spotlight on engaged Brussels projects and collectives by presenting their creative work during a fun and convivial moment.

We are looking forward to finding out who won this prize and became the new owner of this micro pet! Send us pictures 👀

For those who are or will be in London this month (June 2021): You will be able to see the Domingo Club as part of the Cathedral of Creativity taking place in the Somerset House galleries for the Design in Age of Crisis exhibition - presented as part of the London Design Biennale. Please take pictures if you go :)

Good news! We won the Distributed Design Award 2021!

Our project was first selected, among the 12 finalists, in the Adaptable and open-design category and now, after a few weeks of suspense, we have just learned that we won the award for excellence! Woop woop! We’ll receive 2000€ to finance the development of the Domingo Club and our incubator. Long live the Domingo Club!

Thanks Distributed Design!

New electronic system for the incubator being prototyped, soon with a Raspberry Pico and an OLED screen.