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Makerlab is a prototype workshop for KEA's students, teachers and members of partner institutions. To gain access to the workshop, users must complete one of Makerlab’s introduction courses. KEA Makerlab has 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC milling machines and textile printers. Makerlab also holds machine-specific courses designed to give students hands-on experience with the machines.

Makerlab is for study-related tasks and it is not possible to use the lab for productions or in a private context. The various materials are available on agreement with Makerlab’s staff. Discarded materials, however, are sorted for free use.

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Material Design Lab is an interdisciplinary space for everyone that would like to expand their knowledge on materials.

Material Design Lab provides facilities for hands-on material studies, holds courses, events and extracurricular activities and gives insight into current development projects and research findings.

All our installations are designed to enable experiencing and exploring materials; both technically and artistically and we are always interested to hear about your material-related project ideas and talk about ways to get you exploring.

To get started

Come to one of our introductory tours on the third Wednesday of each month and see and hear about our facilities and your possibilities first hand. Simply sign up by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., stating your name and study line.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

The lab

A crossing between a design prototype workshop and a chemical lab, this is the space for testing, analysing and manipulating existing materials and designing and developing new ones.

Find out what your material really can do or how to improve or alter its properties and have a look what’s cooking in our kitchen.

The Box

A big, continuously evolving walk-in box that contains a collection of raw materials and gives an insight into the look, feel and smell of materials before, during and after they enter any processes.

Explore the raw materials behind commonly used composites; get inspired by nature’s way of constructing and by the box’s changing project exhibitions.

The library - MATERIAL CONNEXION

A material library with 1500 physical samples that is run in cooperation with Material Connexion.

Come and touch a selection of innovative and sustainable commercially available materials and gain access to the database with more than 7000 catalogued materials and their properties. Sign up for it and browse anytime, anywhere.

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