We live in a fascinating time. An ordinary person has access to more information today than any world leader or noble prize winner ever had in the past. We are children of a time of transition: one foot in the industrial era and the other in the digital era and who knows, we may even get to experience the biotech era in which we might all stay young forever. Technology is developing faster than ever before. It’s fascinating, frightening and inspiring at the same time. Will robots be taking over all of our work within the next ten years? Or will developments in digital fabrica- tion ensure that craftsmanship and the love of the way things are made will once again be cen- tral to society? In any case, we’re on the eve of great changes. This fascination for technological developments and all the possibilities that go with it are at the heart of our Lab.

In our digital era, an unprecedented amount of visual material is being produced. So much so that, in my opinion, its value is subject to inflation. That’s why we find it important that the ideas of the Lab are actually tested and developed physically in high quality materials whenever possible. Actually making physical objects requires skill, you cannot simply think them up in your mind, even using the most advanced computers.