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VIVA Lab

VIVA Lab is one of the 2,000 digital fabrication laboratories in the Fab Lab's worldwide network that aims to democratize access to personal and collaborative invention, using digital technologies to make (almost) anything.

A space open to the public with manual & digital tools, so that you can develop and materialize your ideas! Here we combine our pedagogical experience and product development, with technological tools of the 21st century and the Maker culture.

In this creative space of excellence we have the opportunity to surprise ourselves, collaborate with unlikely partners, take risks and try new things. This environment of freedom helps to change ways of thinking, to visualize ideas and to put them into practice.

Some of Our Clients

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Nosso Trabalho

PROJECTS

Most recent Social Innovation, Design & Sustainability Projects

FABcONNECTHER

Empowering girls & women in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math)

SHEMAKES

Bridging the gender gap in the textile & clothing industry

Precious Plastic Porto

Machines, Education & Design
to create an alternative global recycling system

P.E.T MINI E-SKATE

Development of the worlds first recycled electric skateboard

Bio MAKER LAB

A space to simplify and encourage the practice of science outside traditional educational environments

fUTURE MAKERS

Summer Camps empowering kids to become the future digital social innovators

TEACHER TRAINING

C.M Maia

Transforming educational centers into digital social innovators in maker education

Repair Café

Experts and enthusiasts come together to fix damaged items instead of discarding and replacing

wool festival

An annual festival to appreciate the beauty and versatility of this natural and renewable material with the community

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fishing the plastic

Engaging with the fishermen women community in Ovar, giving a new life to ocean plastic waste

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living among what's left behind

Creating the first book cover made with plastic waste bringing a light to Manila

DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 19

Showcasing design projects at the Dutch design week

MAKERS VS COVID

Open Design of PPE's for hospitals and local communities

DOme cidade+

Design & manufacturing of a Dome for the Cidade+ event

MALUCOFONE

Manel Cruz

Prototyping & Design of a New Instrument for Manel Cruz by João Sá

Precious plastic C.M MAtosinhos

Building machines & Environmental Education for a social project with the City Hall

Eco agenda

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Design & Manufacturing of a recycled agenda for the City Hall of Porto

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eco centro prelada

Design & Manufacturing of a 100% recycled sign for the new eco-center in Porto

kitferrabit

A box with tools and materials for exploring, playing and building at home

sensory table for appacdm

Design & Manufacturing of a sensory table for the APPACDM Association

Awards

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Filipe Araujo

Porto City Hall Vice President

Porto has always had in its genes an ability to transcend itself in difficult situations throughout history. Also now its people have been in the front line!

VivaLab incorporates very well this spirit and, using modern tools, was able to respond with a promptness and solidarity that the city recognizes! - MAKERSvsCOVID19

Christina Rebel

Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Wikifactory

VIVA Lab have been proving an agility in product development to generate solutions that any formal company would wish to have.
Adopting design- thinking excellence, they have understood local needs and designed solutions fast.
In a span of a couple weeks, they had shared on our platform for hosting digital fabrication projects a range that I have yet to see a maker group be as quick to deploy.

Lisa Lang

Director Innovation & Skills at EURATEX, Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech in Europe

The future will be interdisciplinary, and it’s where VivaLab is. Their merge of machines and highly qualified people, helped us to develop new concepts and to take our ideas to the next levels of innovation. VivaLab is a co-creation hub with a brilliant approach.

Fernando Leite

CEO at LIPOR

VIVA Lab attracted LIPOR's and our Team's attention because of its object, the quality of the Team, its competences, the creativity it generates with the Project proposals it presents. CONGRATULATIONS Team and more PROPOSALS to come.