About Fabricademy

The Textile Center officially joined the Fabricademy network in 2022.

Fabricademy – Textile and Technology Academy – is a 6-month program exploring the intersection of digital fabrication, textiles, and biology. It reimagines how technology shapes the textile and fashion industries through themes like smart textiles, ecodesign, biodesign, and material innovation. The program blends online lectures by global experts with hands-on learning in local labs.

The Textile Center hosted the program from September 2022 to April 2023. Students used our TextileLab and visited Biopol in Skagaströnd, Ístex in Blönduós, the Mosfellsbær spinning factory, and Fab Lab Sauðárkrókur.

Final projects were showcased in the New Directions exhibition during DesignMarch 2023 at Bakkaskemman, Ocean Cluster House in Reykjavík. Topics ranged from wearable tech for heart health to seaweed-based inflatables and biomaterial porcelain casting. Find more information about the program on the Fabricademy website: textile-academy.org and take a look at the final projects of our 2022/2023 participants here: