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Across our online platform, and through our events and programmes, we reach an audience of over 300.000 people – from young talents joining the industry to professionals and creative thought leaders.

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Creative Talents

+690

Our achievements over the past years would not have been possible without the dedication of our 20 members and our vibrant network of Creative Talents. Their work demonstrates an unshakeable commitment to design rooted in environmental and social principles. Practices regularly go beyond sustainability to regeneration: our community asks not only how can we sustain, but how can our design practices give back and nurture cultural, social, and environmental well-being.

Core Members

28

Our Platform has seen exciting growth since our start.  Since 2022, our membership has steadily increased: the Distributed Design Platform is now made up of 22 members including 6 community hubs. These hubs act as regional centers, fostering connections and knowledge exchange among members with diverse backgrounds and expertise. This geographically distributed network allows for more inclusive participation and ensures that the Platform serves the needs of a wider community.

Global Community

+5900

The Distributed Design Platform acts as an exchange and networking hub for the emerging field of distributed design. The initiative aims at developingand promoting the connection between designers, makers and emerging digital and local markets.

Cross-channel reach

+300k

The DDP website is our primary outreach tool, attracting over 14,000 annual visitors and accounting for 80% of our online engagement and making it our most effective platform. Social media platforms, particularly Instagram (13% of our online outreach), complement this reach.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST PARTNERSHIPS

World Crafts Council Digital Training Program

CIRCULAR CITIES CHALLENGE

Partnership with Materfad, Mercabarna, CLIC and UPC

DISTRIBUTED DESIGN PUBLICATION

Partnership with Lliberia Finestres Barcelona

We want to thank the Distributed Design Platform at Fab Lab Barcelona for their amazing work, dedication, enthusiasm and skills that has put together a bespoke training for craftspeople from all around the globe, supporting them in their upskilling journey. We are really glad and lucky to have such amazing partners!

Laura Miguel

Its always a pleassure to work together with the Distributed Design Platform, the team is professional, hardworking and bring to life ideas!

Kaye Symington

The training programm developed by the Distributed Design team was incredibly insightful and useful for our vietnamese creatives.

UNIDO

Organizations we worked with