Learning Journeys

What is a Learning Journey?

A Learning Journey is a short, intensive immersive program designed for teams, cohorts, and organisations who want to experience the intersection of design, making, and community in Bali.

Over 5 to 14 days, participants move between Fab Lab Bali, village communities, rice terraces, craft workshops, and cultural sites — building new ways of thinking and working through hands-on experience.

Who Comes on Learning Journeys?

• Corporate innovation teams — exploring distributed manufacturing, circular economy, and design thinking in an immersive context
• University cohorts — field programs for design, architecture, and sustainability students
• Social entrepreneurs — exploring community-centred design and locally-led innovation
• Executives & leaders — leadership development through making and community engagement

Sample Itinerary (10-day)

Days 1–2: Orientation, Fab Lab introduction, Balinese culture and Tri Hita Karana Days 3–4: Digital fabrication intensive — laser cutting, 3D printing, electronics Days 5–6: Village immersion — traditional craft systems, rice terrace ecology Days 7–8: Design challenge with community partner (real problem, real stakes) Days 9–10: Prototype, present, and celebrate

What You'll Take Home

• A portfolio of made objects and documentation
• New frameworks for community-centred design
• Relationships with makers and innovators across Bali and the globe
• A renewed sense of what design can do in the world