Ouagalab is a digital factory located in Ouagadougou (capital of Burkina Faso), bringing together the many skills possessed by young Burkinabes with the objective of creating projects to fight various local issues in Burkina Faso. Ouagalab Maker is Residence was part of Maker4Dev, a 14-months project in collaboration with Acra and Fablab Torino, and thanks to the strategic and financial support of Fondazione Cariplo, Compagnia San Paolo, Fondazione Crt.

EJTech is an experimental art&tech lab based in Budapest, Hungary founded by Esteban de la Torre (MEX) and Judit Eszter Kárpáti (HUN). Working in the fields of experimental interfaces, interactive installations and hybrid art projects. Broadening the public’s perception and the environment that surrounds us. Exploring new ways of interaction between human and technology, weaving art, technology and craft together, thinking across boundaries. Creating synergy between the digital and physical world. Observing the relations of HCI (Human-Computer-Interaction). Their works have been exhibited in many countries including France, Italy, Poland, Germany, Estonia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Mexico among others.

Esteban de la Torre is an audio-visual artist, technologist from Mexico. Working across both visual and sonic media, exploring tangible interaction and the dimensions of technology. Studied animation at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.He is addicted to altering functions of ordinary objects, hacking, coding, making live acts, audio-visual performances on the fusion of sound and image.

Judit Eszter Kárpáti is a textile artist and researcher in the field of e-textile from Hungary. She is studying at the Doctoral School of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. Her main research task is focusing on the integration of interactive technologies into textile art and design, connecting the mediums together, creating cross-platform situations.

Caroline Woolard is an artist and organizer whose interdisciplinary work facilitates social imagination at the intersection of art, urbanism, and political economy. During her residency at WeMake she improved her Queer Rocker, a rocker that circulates as an open access toolkit. Caroline modified the design already shown at Eyebeam and Cornell University: a new version of the rocker and release updated open source files with new and different joints. Moreover, she developed a set of four stools which can be stacked and locked together to form a life-size Roman column. The column can also be tipped on its side and used as a bench. They will debut at Cornell University for the Biennial this September.

The Abundant Courtyard is a permaculture design project for WeMake by Ilaria Vanni. Beginning with the needs and vision of the WeMake community, this project will produce a plan, and a set of resources to bring it alive, including the design of containers for urban courtyards.  Ilaria Vanni is a researcher and teacher at the University of Technology Sydney, and co-founder of the transdisciplinary research studio Mapping Edges. Ilaria is interested in the potential and power of material culture to enact social change. She is also a keen permaculture urban gardener.

AnOtherShoe is an alternative model for open source footwear production, based on the sharing of knowledge and on-demand digital fabrication. The goal of the project AnOtherShoe is to make shoes accessible, reproducible and customizable, by using a laser cutting machine, assembled by hand, without using glue or stitching. The shoe is held together by laces which connecting components through predetermined perforations. With the goal of bridging the gap between digital fabrication and traditional market relations, AnOtherShoe offers various stages of involvement into the process of making.

A CNC cabinet designed for the curated display of 3D printed open source objects, gathered from the far reaches of the web. Each Wunderkammer can be as unique as the connoisseur who searches, discovers, downloads and locally fabricates Things of the Internet.

The display cabinet is an adaptation of the AtFAB Cellular Screen. Fabricated from plywood, the cabinet is customized to feature a collection of specimens, curiosities, and trophies selected and 3D printed by Tecnificio.