Fabtextiles

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Fabtextiles:About

About

Anastasia Pistofidou is the co-founder of Fab Textiles, a research lab (2013) that combines artisanal techniques with new technologies, cross pollinating the disciplines of soft fabrication,textiles and materials. She initiated the establishment of Textile and Material Labs in the Fab Lab Network and in 2016 she co-founded Fabricademy, Textile and Technology, a distributed educational program that offers training at the intersection of textiles, digital fabrication and biology. She is also collaborating with the project Fabship for the development of energy sufficient fablabs in rural areas.

Anastasia Pistofidou initiated the establishment of Textile and Material Labs in the Fab Lab Network and in 2016, together with Fiore Basile and Cecilia Raspanti, founded Fabricademy, Textile and Technology, a distributed educational program that offers training at the intersection of textiles, digital fabrication and biology. She was a team member of IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona from 2011 to 2024, as a digital fabrication tutor, advanced manufacturing office manager, coordinator and co-founder of the material & textiles research area. She combines artistic creativity and technology through the leadership of Creative Europe projects such as made@eu, eastndc.eu, she promotes circular design with material driven approaches in the projects tcbl.eu, siscodeproject.eu, winner of the Ars Electronica prize with the project ¨Remix el Barrio¨ and bridges the gender gap in innovation through inclusive textile and fashion education in projects such as shemakes.eu and transitionsproject.eu. She works annually with Fab Foundation for the curation of the annual conference of Fab Labs. She is currently a PhD Candidate at Elisava School of Design Engineering.

Awards

  • Fab City Awards Future Fabrics

    Together with RTA Bhutan & JNW Bhutan Super FabLab, #Fabricademy co-hosted the FabCity Global foundation Challenge tackling the topic of cultural preservation: Future Fabrics - Weaving Technology Into Tradition 💡🧵 During the 5 days of challenge in Thimphu, Bhutan, a group of international and local participants immersed into the local tradition of weaving, learned from the experts, conducted a series of interviews to understand the local needs and necessities of the Bhutanese weavers. The challenge solutions were oriented towards three main scopes. How can we preserve traditional arts, culture & crafts How do we make art and culture more accessible Can we foster knowledge exchange and upgrade traditional tools? The group developed: A downloadable digital vector pattern library of bhutanese symbols An educational weaving kit for kids of 5 to 8 years old An assistive solution for the traditional backstrap loom

  • STARTS PRIZE 2021 Innovative Collaboration

    Remember the 19th century Arts & Crafts Movement? Remix el Barrio can be seen as translation of Arts & Crafts into our times, confronting well-known contemporary issues with manufacturing and consumption in our daily life. Remix El Barrio is a collective of designers who propose projects with food leftovers using artisan techniques and digital manufacturing. They collaborate with agents from the Poblenou neighborhood to promote a more local and circular ecosystem. In their manifesto they want to “promote artisan-manufacturing sites and designer/craftsman cooperatives in the development of short-loop products, creating direct synergies with neighborhood actors, facilitate the access and the rehabilitation of abandoned sites, support logistics, and partnerships between local actors.”

Exhibitions

  • First exhibition

Publications

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Mentoring

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European Projects

I am passionate about bringing people together, creating opportunities, and nurturing international communities of practice. My experience spans a range of European-funded projects focused on the creative industries, social innovation, gender equality, ecosystem development and education. My work involves developing curricula for sustainable development and digitization within the textile and fashion sector.

At IaaC Fab Lab Barcelona and Elisava School of Design Engineering, I have been managing and developing projects such as EASTN, MADEat.eu, TCBL.eu, Shemakes.eu, SISCODE.eu, Transitionsproject.eu, and TEACH4SD.eu. These initiatives are designed to promote sustainable and inclusive practices across Europe while addressing challenges within the cultural and industrial sectors.

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Fabtextiles:Contact

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