fablab@aup.ac.uk
About Us
Fab Lab Ply­mouth, part of Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth is a dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion lab­o­ra­to­ry that gives you the pow­er to turn your ideas into real­i­ty. Using the lat­est in dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy, we help busi­ness­es, stu­dents and the pub­lic unlock the pow­er of making.
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Services

Business Business

Busi­ness

Fab Lab Ply­mouth is open and avail­able to busi­ness users, please con­tact us to dis­cuss your requirements.
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Community Community

Com­mu­ni­ty

Fab Lab Ply­mouth can offer access to the pub­lic via mem­ber­ship and a new men­tor­ship pro­gram, find out more below.
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Education Education

Edu­ca­tion

Fab Lab Ply­mouth is open to AUP stu­dents from Jan­u­ary 10th 2022, please book a consultation.
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Events

News

Aspiring 15-year-old digital designer from Ukraine excels at Arts University Plymouth Aspiring 15-year-old digital designer from Ukraine excels at Arts University Plymouth

Aspir­ing 15-year-old dig­i­tal design­er from Ukraine excels at Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Plymouth

15 year-old stu­dent Mykhai­lo has suc­cess­ful­ly achieved an accred­i­ta­tion in the com­put­er aid­ed design (CAD) soft­ware, Autodesk Fusion 360, with the sup­port of Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Plymouth’s Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme and Fab Lab Plymouth.
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iMayflower: How immersive technology is telling the crucial story of the life force under Plymouth’s waves iMayflower: How immersive technology is telling the crucial story of the life force under Plymouth’s waves

iMayflower: How immer­sive tech­nol­o­gy is telling the cru­cial sto­ry of the life force under Plymouth’s waves

Cre­ative col­lec­tive, Future Mead­ows, uses dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion to share the impor­tance of seagrass
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iMayflower: The laboratory nurturing the creative minds that can help us all lead more sustainable lives iMayflower: The laboratory nurturing the creative minds that can help us all lead more sustainable lives

iMayflower: The lab­o­ra­to­ry nur­tur­ing the cre­ative minds that can help us all lead more sus­tain­able lives

Dis­cov­er how iMayflow­er’s Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme, based at Fab Lab Ply­mouth, is sup­port­ing sus­tain­able ini­tia­tives across Plymouth
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Projects

The Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab
The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab
The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab is a part­ner­ship of sev­en Devon-based organ­i­sa­tions, work­ing togeth­er to help busi­ness­es analyse data to cre­ate new prod­ucts and ser­vices, focus­ing on safe­guard­ing the environment.
Smart Citizens Programme
Smart Cit­i­zens Programme
The Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme is open­ing Fab Lab Ply­mouth to com­mu­ni­ties. We’re sup­port­ing cit­i­zens in devel­op­ing skills to design and make their own objects, prod­ucts and art­work using dig­i­tal fabrication.
AYCH - Improving lives with design and digital fabrication
AYCH — Improv­ing lives with design and dig­i­tal fabrication
The EU fund­ed Atlantic Cre­ative Youth Hubs Project builds a social inno­va­tion mod­el for young peo­ple sup­port­ing social entre­pre­neur­ship, employ­ment and edu­ca­tion in the cre­ative and cul­tur­al industries.
Made@EU
Made@EU
Bridg­ing the dig­i­tal divide that hin­ders the use of dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion knowl­edge and tech­nolo­gies in the Euro­pean cul­tur­al and cre­ative sectors.
Fab Lab in schools
Fab Lab in schools
We want to inspire dig­i­tal mak­ers, devel­op dig­i­tal mak­ing skills in young peo­ple, and sup­port the dig­i­tal agen­da with­in the curriculum.
Skills Support for the Workforce
Skills Sup­port for the Workforce
Our Skills Sup­port for the Work­force project invit­ed busi­ness­es, artists and small traders into our Fab Lab to take part in a course that trained them how to use the kit and then how to adapt it to their practice.
HackFest
Hack­Fest
Part of Ven­turefest South West, Hack­Fest is a coun­ty-wide project for young peo­ple to come togeth­er to cre­ate prod­uct pro­to­types that respond to the issues of the future.

Get inspired by the past projects that have occurred at Fab Lab Ply­mouth, and dis­cov­er the cur­rent projects.

Through hackathons, artist res­i­den­cies, bound­ary blur­ring stu­dent col­labs and more, our lab helps the fresh­est ideas become a reality.
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Resources

Lisa Sinterit Pro - SLS Printer Lisa Sinterit Pro - SLS Printer

Lisa Sin­ter­it Pro — SLS Printer

Formlabs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers Formlabs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers

Form­labs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers

FDM 3D Printers: Ultimaker fleet FDM 3D Printers: Ultimaker fleet

FDM 3D Print­ers: Ulti­mak­er fleet

Leica BLK360 Environment Laser Scanner Leica BLK360 Environment Laser Scanner

Leica BLK360 Envi­ron­ment Laser Scanner

3D Scanner: Einscan Pro 3D Scanner: Einscan Pro

3D Scan­ner: Ein­scan Pro

Wazer waterjet Cutter Wazer waterjet Cutter

Waz­er water­jet Cutter

Our Fab Lab includes high-tech 2D and 3D dig­i­tal man­u­fac­tur­ing equip­ment that can be found in the best labs across the world.
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