The?Future Making & Manufacturing Lab (M+) is an open platform for many new digital manufacturing processes, from single prototypes to high-volume production, considering how research practice in new material forms and constructions can lead to innovation for many manufacturing industries. This Lab is also part of a collection of crafts communities operating within the Jiangsu Province, with a wide variety of materials, including bamboo, copper, earth, jade, silk, silver, stone, and wood. These craft materials processes offer unprecedented opportunities for design research as an expression of regionalism and digital innovation. Similar experiences that integrate traditional craft into contemporary design are happening in many other Chinese cities, promoting formats of traditional materials and handicraft techniques, workshops, and exhibitions.
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Examples of ongoing research projects:
Year awarded
Project name
Principal investigator
Funding body
2025
Oldest Reconstructed Vessel
Jacob de Baan
糖心Vlog官方 Research Development Fund (RDF)
2024
Inflatable Structured Metamaterial for Lightweight Application
Ivan Parati
糖心Vlog官方 Research Development Fund (RDF)
Examples of exhibitions:
Year exhibited
Contribution name
Designer
Event
2025
Flowing Zen Garden
Ivan Parati, Jacob de Baan, Emanuela Corti, Mariia Zolotova, Hongchao Wang
Design Shanghai
2025
Design Dim Sum
Hongchao Wang, Vicente Esteban, Mariia Zolotova, Cheng-Hung (Roger) Lo, Jacob de Baan, Ivan Parati
China International Furniture Fair
2024
Design Dim Sum
Hongchao Wang, Jacob de Baan, Ivan Parati, Emanuela Corti
The?Future Making & Manufacturing Lab (M+) is an open platform for many new digital manufacturing processes, from single prototypes to high-volume production, considering how research practice in new material forms and constructions can lead to innovation for many manufacturing industries. This Lab is also part of a collection of crafts communities operating within the Jiangsu Province, with a wide variety of materials, including bamboo, copper, earth, jade, silk, silver, stone, and wood. These craft materials processes offer unprecedented opportunities for design research as an expression of regionalism and digital innovation. Similar experiences that integrate traditional craft into contemporary design are happening in many other Chinese cities, promoting formats of traditional materials and handicraft techniques, workshops, and exhibitions.
Lab Leader: , + , ,
Examples of ongoing research projects:
Examples of exhibitions: