Meaningful Design Group

Design for Regenerative Ecosystems

We merge Balinese craft traditions with digital fabrication to create meaningful futures — for communities, ecosystems, and the planet.

Home of Fab Lab Bali  ·  Member of the Fab City Global Initiative

Our Work

Projects that make
a difference

Digital Fabrication

Fab Lab Bali

Southeast Asia's leading digital fabrication laboratory — a maker space, education hub, and innovation centre for communities across Bali and Indonesia.

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Clean Energy

Hydrogen Village

A pilot community energy transition programme in Bali, co-designing a hydrogen-powered micro-grid with local villages to demonstrate a post-fossil energy future.

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Community Festival

Bali Fab Fest

An international festival celebrating digital fabrication, local making, and regenerative design — bringing the global maker community to Bali.

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Island Innovation

Fab Island

A vision and programme for transforming Bali into a distributed manufacturing island — connecting villages, schools, and businesses through a network of Fab Labs and maker spaces.

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Education

Programs that
transform makers

Program

Fab Academy

A six-month globally distributed digital fabrication course taught simultaneously at MIT and 150+ Fab Labs worldwide.

6 months (January–June)

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Program

Master in Design for Distributed Innovation

A postgraduate programme combining design research, circular economy, digital fabrication, and community innovation — rooted in Bali.

1 year (full-time)

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Program

Learning Journeys

Immersive short programs for professionals, teams, and organisations to experience regenerative design and digital fabrication in Bali.

5–14 days

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Partners & Network

Fab Foundation MIT Media Lab IAAC Barcelona Fab City Summit Autodesk Foundation Ministry of Education Indonesia Yayasan Jarak Bali GIZ Indonesia Plug and Play Bali

Our Philosophy

Rooted in
Tri Hita Karana

Tri Hita Karana is a Balinese principle meaning "three causes of well-being." It teaches that prosperity flows from harmony in three relationships: with the natural world, with other people, and with the spiritual. Everything MDG designs, builds, and teaches is guided by this framework.

Palemahan

Harmony with Nature

Every project begins with the land — designing with ecosystems, not against them.

Pawongan

Harmony with People

Technology and culture are inseparable. We build with communities, not for them.

Parahyangan

Harmony with Spirit

Purpose-driven making. Every object, system, and space should carry meaning.

Ready to design
something meaningful?

We collaborate with communities, organisations, and innovators to create solutions that matter.