01 Wie zijn wij?
Cityfab 1 is een ruimte die gewijd is aan de digitale productie. Dit fablab, afkorting van "fabrication laboratory", biedt iedereen, ongeacht zijn kennisniveau, toegang tot de tools en de kennis om projecten te realiseren met computergestuurde machines.
Meer weten02 De machines
Kom de fablabmachines gebruiken om uw projecten te ontwikkelen of kom opleidingen volgen om ze te leren gebruiken.
03 Onze formules
Wilt u projecten komen realiseren in het fablab? Daarvoor bieden wij diverse formules aan. Of u nu een beslagen aannemer bent of een occasionele knutselaar, ons aanbod past zich aan ieders behoeften aan.
Ontdek onze formules
Onze opleidingen
Voor je een machine kan/mag gebruiken moet je bij ons een korte opleiding daarvoor volgen, dit om de basiskennis te verwerven die de goede werking in de beste omstandigheden zal garanderen.
Meer informatie?Maker Faire Brussels
Op 10, 11 en 12 maart 2023 vindt Maker Faire Brussels plaats! We roepen op tot makers.
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Meet the resident : David Jeuniaux
David Jeuniaux, alias IOxOI, is de maker die door cityfab 1 werd geselecteerd voor een residentieproject van het Brussels Fablab Network.
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Maker Faire Brussels : Oproep aan makers
Maker Faire Brussels vindt plaats van 10 tot 12 maart 2023!
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DIY tutorial in het fablab – Een stempelkussen maken
DIY : Hoe maak je zelf een stempel. Voor deze tutorial, zullen we de lasersnijder gebruiken. Met deze machine kan je graveren, markeren en snijden in verschillende materialen: hout, stof, plexiglas, rubber... Het is HET paradepaardje van fablabs... Je kan er heel gemakkelijk allerlei voorwerpen mee maken. Hier, gaan we een inkt stempel maken. Een klein voorwerp dat ideaal is voor het personaliseren van uitnodigingen, uitnodigen, textiel of andere.
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Meet the makers : Atelier Jean Dujardin
Atelier Jean Dujardin werd in 2015 opgericht door een gepassioneerde timmerman. Bijzonder geïnteresseerd in alles wat met de circulaire economie te maken heeft, probeert hij zoveel mogelijk materialen te hergebruiken om ze een nieuw leven te geven!
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Waar vind je inspiratie?
Op zoek naar inspiratie? Kijk eens op deze sites voor ideeën over hoe je je eigen kunt maken!
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Meet the makers : Raphaël Pletinckx, ontwerper, architect, timmerman…
Maak kennis met Raphaël, een maker met vele gezichten: ontwerper, architect, timmerman... Dankzij zijn brede waaier van vaardigheden heeft hij, samen met een bevriende lasser, "ARM" ontwikkeld, een designmeubelproject op maat dat massief hout en staal combineert, met behoud van een zuivere, robuuste en efficiënte esthetiek. Vandaag heeft Raphaël zich ook bekwaamd in het lassen en leidt hij het project alleen.
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Waar koop je je verbruiksgoederen?
Heeft u een geweldig project maar weet u niet waar u de benodigde materialen kunt vinden? Hier zijn een paar goede plaatsen om je voorraden te halen 😊
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Meet the makers : BekomCollection, door Belise
Ontmoet Belise, een ontwerpster uit Burundi die kunst in allerlei vormen verkent. Als maker in hart en nieren komt ze regelmatig naar het fablab om haar nieuwe ideeën te testen. Ze combineert meerdere disciplines: houtbewerking, culinaire kunst, 3D-printen... Een complete kunstenaar!
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Meet the makers : Yvonne de Grazia, plastisch kunstenaar
Ontmoeting met Yvonne de Grazia. Yvonne is een beeldend kunstenaar met een interdisciplinaire aanpak. Haar komst naar het fablab stelt haar in staat om van het immateriële idee naar het fysieke en concrete object te gaan.
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Meet the makers : Michel AG Hermans, beeldhouwer
Ontmoeting met Michel AG Hermans. Michel is bouwkundig ingenieur, maar in zijn vrije tijd is hij ook beeldhouwer. Hij is een echte liefhebber en fervent gebruiker van het fablab sinds enkele jaren. Zijn werk combineert handwerk en 3D-printen.
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If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
"Edsger Dijkstra
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In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.
"Shunryu Suzuki
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The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures
"Charles Babbage
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You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas
"Shirley Chisholm
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I don’t care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
"Vidiu Platon
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I don't want to be part of a world, where being kind is a weakness
"Keanu Reeves
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
"Confucius
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer
"Harriet Tubman
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He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
"Confucius
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Plans are worthless, but planning is everything
"Dwight D. Eisenhower
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If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration
"Nikola Tesla
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It’s not a bug. It’s an undocumented feature!
"Anonymous
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Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else
"George Halas
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It is the fate of manufactured goods to slowly and gently depreciate as they get old... but it is the fate of operating systems to become free
"Neal Stephenson
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
"Leonardo da Vinci
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The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there
"Gordon Bell
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Don't fight forces, use them
"R. Buckminster Fuller
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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field
"Niels Bohr
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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done
"Marie Curie
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect
"Adam Osborne
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Any path that narrows future possibilities may become a lethal trap.
"The Spacing Guild Handbook
"v... programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge
"Grace Hopper
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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea
"Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Artists are here to disturb the peace
"James Baldwin
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The most dangerous phrase in the language is, We’ve always done it this way
"Grace Hopper
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The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds
"Theo Jansen
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The master in the art of living makes little distinction between... work and play
"L. P. Jacks
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Achieving a goal provides immediate satisfaction; the process of achieving a goal is a lasting pleasure
"Evelyn Berezin
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There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
"Morpheus in The Matrix
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If I want to live in a world I like, I have to help create it
"Caroline Caldwell
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As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously.
"Benjamin Franklin
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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants
"Isaac Newton
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If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
"Morpheus in The Matrix
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Let us stand on each other’s shoulders, not each other’s toes
"Dennis Allison
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One man’s crappy software is another man’s full time job.
"Jessica Gaston
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure
"Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Nothing will work unless you do
"Maya Angelou
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If you get, give. If you learn, teach
"Maya Angelou
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
"Arthur Ashe
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This is not the age of pamphleteers. It is the age of engineers. The spark-gap is mightier than the pen
"Lancelot Hogben
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Here, you learn what it is to be human. You are a creator of order, of beautiful shapes and systems, an organizer of chaos
"Dune
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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door
"Milton Berle
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In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete
"R. Buckminster Fuller
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I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained
"Walt Disney
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We are what we amplify
"Unknown
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You're only gien one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it
"Robin Williams
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success
"Nikola Tesla
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Failing to prepare is preparing to fail
"Benjamin Franklin
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Hardware eventually fails. Software eventually works
"Michael Hartung
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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well
"Rene Descartes
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What separates design from art is that design is meant to be … functional.
"Cameron Moll
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Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced
"James Baldwin
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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere
"Isaac Asimov
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The miracle is this: The more we share, the more we have.
"Leonard Nimoy
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The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone
"Oswald Chambers
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The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it
"Dorothy L. Sayers
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The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
"Confucius
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A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things.
"Tim Berners-Lee
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A Certain Darkness Is Needed to See the Stars
"Osho
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I am one of the people who love the why of things
"Catherine the Great
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Perfect is the enemy of good
"Voltaire
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
"R. Buckminster Fuller
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The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
"Ada Lovelace
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
"Samuel Beckett
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To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.
"Leonard Bernstein
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Study the past if you would define the future.
"Confucius
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Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries.
"Neville Brody
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What I cannot create, I do not understand
"Richard Feynman
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There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew
"Marshall McLuhan
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Take the tools in hand and carve your own best life
"Douglas Lurton
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Meaning can easily be confused with structure. Structure is a good approximation, but not the same
"Claudia Perlich
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If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut
"Albert Einstein
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Every person is born with a creative mind. Everyone has the ability
"Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner
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The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting
"Plutarch
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If at first you don’t succeed; call it version 1.0.
"Unknown
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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it
"Margaret Fuller
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A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.
"Unknown
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The real opportunity is to harness the inventive power of the world to locally design and produce solutions to local problems.
"Neil Gershenfeld
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Calculation and reasoning, like weaving and ploughing, are work, not for human souls, but for clever combinations of iron and wood
"Mary Boole