Published 23 July 2020 by Ewen Chardronnet

Days after the lockdown began in France, makers and software entrepreneurs in the region of Nantes began to design an open source ventilator: MakAir.

Published 10 May 2020 by Ewen Chardronnet

In Paris, a citizen collective is working to produce an emergency medical ventilator that is open source, low-cost and easy to reproduce.

Published 28 April 2020 by Ewen Chardronnet

In early April, Makerscovid.paris received an outsize order for 8,400 protective gowns. Two labs and a library rose to the challenge.

Published 8 April 2020

MIT’s Project Magnus has designed a model for a complete face shield that can be cut out in one (foldable) piece from a single flat sheet.

Published 8 April 2020 by Ewen Chardronnet

On March 6, 2020, five research payloads from the MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative were sent to the International Space Station. Among them, the Sojourner 2020 project, a payload of artworks selected by SEI’s arts curator Xin Liu. Adriana Knouf’s TX-1 is one of the curated projects.

Published 10 March 2020

Designing an open-source DIY Coronavirus detection test! That's the mission the JOGL distributed research laboratory has decided to challenge.

Published 2 December 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Onkraj Gradbišča garden in central Ljubljana ia a loosely organized commons for gardening, woodmaking, performance arts, sound sculptures and biohacking. Makery met two of its founders.

Published 27 October 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Yann Minh was on October 12-13 in Marseille at Couvent Levat for the second Technomancie festival. Part 2 of an in-depth interview with this prolific artist.

Published 23 October 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

The European network Distributed Design Market Platform met at Fablab Budapest to reflect on two years of collaboration and announce its new book “Design, Remix, Share, Repeat”.

Published 23 October 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

On October 12-13, Yann Minh was at Couvent Levat in Marseille for Technomancie 2 festival.Part 1 of an in-depth interview with this prolific artist.

Published 17 October 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Fablab Lisboa will give a workshop to build your own watering system on October 26 at Volumes Coworking in Paris. Makery asked Rafael Calado and Gustavo Funke to explain their objectives.

Published 1 October 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Field Notes is an art&science field laboratory organised from September 15-22 by the Bioart Society in Kilpisjärvi, Lapland/Finland. Here are Friday's and Saturday's logs.

Published 24 September 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Field Notes is an art&science field laboratory organised from September 15-22 by the Bioart Society in Kilpisjärvi, Lapland/Finland. Here are Wednesday's and Thursday's logs.

Published 18 September 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Field Notes is an art&science field laboratory organised from September 15-22 by the Bioart Society at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland. First part of the logbook.

Published 10 September 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

This year, the Ars Electronica festival celebrated its 40th anniversary in Linz, Austria. Makery was there, and this first report follows discussions around the “Soybean Futures” workshop at Stadtwerkstatt.

Published 9 June 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Representing Taiwan at the 58th Venice Biennale, artist Shu Lea Cheang tackles the issues of incarceration for sex crimes and the “digital prison” of our smart technologies.

Published 15 May 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

At the 2019 Venice Biennale, whistleblowing artist Marko Peljhan’s System 317 calls attention to the rise of hypersonic weapons.

Published 3 May 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

Sandra and Gaspard Bébié-Valérian explore issues related to the environment, energy, food, natural and hyperindustrial resources and the constituent powers of our society.

Published 9 April 2019 by Ewen Chardronnet

In Paris, Centre Pompidou’s “Designing the Living” exhibition frames living matter as raw material for design. Makery went in to take a look.