Fabricademy Bootcamp 2025 Brussels | Handbook
Bootcamp webpage: bootcamp2025.textile-academy.org
This year, our annual Bootcamp will take place in Belgium, from 19th to 24th of May and will be mainly hosted at Green Fab Lab.
During the course, participants will explore new possibilities and alternatives to the current textile and clothing manufacturing systems guided by Fabricademy, textile and fashion designers invited artits and makers from all over the world.
They will have the opportunity to experiment with digital fabrication technologies and traditional processes, biofabricating colors and materials using living bacteria and food waste, crafting soft sensors for wearable applications.
During the week they will have the possibility to experiment closely with international experts and local communities, discover Belgiums’s unique sites, museums and current exhibitions related to the topics of the Bootcamp.
Weekly Schedule and Hands-on activities
- Open Source Circular Fashion
- Repurposing Textile Waste
- Biofabricating Materials
- Mycelium leather
- Open Source Hardware - Hack, make and customize DIY tools & machines
- E-textiles and wearables
- Digital Knitting/ Digital embroidery
- Soft Robotics
- Focus Group, project development
Fab Lab Information
Main location of the Bootcamp. Creative hub promoting sustainable textiles through workshops, coworking, and second-hand materials.
The textile lab is dedicated to experimentation, prototyping and production.It provides access to fablab-type machines geared towards textile creation through the rental of shared textile machines.
This space is available to you for occasional or regular work. Training on the machines is offered to everyone and accessible by appointment only.
Green Fabric
- Address: Rue Jean-Baptiste Baeck 33, 1190 Forest, Belgium
- Telephone: +32470941201
- Email: info@greenfabric.be
- Website
Exhibitions, Tours & Local visits
- Green Fabric, Brussels, main location of activities
- CityFab 1, Brussels, hands-on activities
- Noosa Fiber, Factory visit
- Permafungi, Factory visit
- Maker Faire Brussels 2025, Exhibition
Copyright and licensing
(c) Fabricademy 2025-26
This content is distributed under the MIT License