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.
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.
Community Festival
Bali Fab Fest
An international festival celebrating digital fabrication, local making, and regenerative design — bringing the global maker community to Bali.
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.
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)
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)
Program
Learning Journeys
Immersive short programs for professionals, teams, and organisations to experience regenerative design and digital fabrication in Bali.
5–14 days
Partners & Network
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.