About Addictlab Academy
learning by labs / apprendre par laboratoires
Addictlab is an international creative think tank with a number of dedicated research labs such as the Chocolate Lab, Science Education Lab, Urban Green Lab, Design Lab … The Addictlab Academy selects activities from these labs for educational & corporate workshops for kids, adults and companies. We want participants to learn, experiment, improvise and collaborate. Addictlab supports the UN/ Sustainable Development Goals and develops own SDG impact kits.
The Addictlab Academy offers a unique educational experience that pushes cross-curricular learning. – Project based learning and cross disciplinary thinking.
Addictlab est un groupe de réflexion créatif international avec plusieurs laboratoires de recherche dédiés tels que le Chocolate Lab, le Science Education Lab, le Urban Green Lab, le Design Lab… L’Académie Addictlab sélectionne des activités pour des ateliers éducatifs et corporatifs destinés aux enfants, aux adultes et aux entreprises. Nous voulons que les participants apprennent, expérimentent, improvisent et collaborent.
Addictlab soutient les objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU (ODD) et développe ses propres kits d’impact SDG/ODD. L’académie Addictlab offre une expérience éducative unique qui favorise l’apprentissage transversal, l’apprentissage par projet et la réflexion interdisciplinaire.
Past events & news
Voltaire Lab: unique collaboration in Pays de Gex
Addictlab has entered in a fruitful collaboration with the Château Voltaire in Ferney Voltaire in France: Voltaire Lab is born. Kids & parents have now the possibility to join the lab in the [...]
Addictlab manages the SDG Fab Lab at University of Geneva
The Geneva SDG Solution Space was created by the University of Geneva for the Geneva Tsinghua Initiative, a comprehensive, hands-on education programme for training young innovators to tackle the UN Sustainable Development Goals [...]
Ateliers d’animation – Addictlab collaborates with Pays de Gex Tourism
Addictlab has started a collaboration with Pays de Gex Tourism. As the Tourist board organises an exhibition on animation in the Chateau Voltaire this summer, Addictlab will be setting up workshops in different [...]
Innovative home activities : STEAM online courses
STEAM ONLINE : Our lab in your house! Addictlab organises STEAM camps and courses (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths). All activities are evaluated and linked to the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGS) of the [...]
Message for girls 11 to 14 years
Message for girls (11 - 14 year old, near Geneva) Become an SDG LABBIE Are you into recycling? Are you against injustice and war? Do you simply want to change the planet? [...]
New York Times Student Journeys
The School lab program is attracting a growing interest. Recently Addictlab hosted a week of lab discovery activities, and this included students from Boston (New York Times Student Journeys) and from the British School of [...]
2018 – year in numbers
Un petit dessin vaut mieux qu'un long blogpost. Here are some numbers of the Addictlab Academy activities in 2018 on the Swiss-French border. - Total number of participating kids in birthday parties in Geneva at [...]
Addictlab and possible jobs of the future
Addictlab and the University of Geneva collaborated on an inspiring place at the Cité des Métiers in Geneva, from 20 - 25 November. 'Le Labo, a dedicated space in the 'Future des Métiers' section by [...]
Steam Classes now open
Our collaboration with the Espace Candide is extended till end of January 2019. This means we can now offer courses and workshops throughout the first semester in Ferney Voltaire next to Geneva. Our Steam Class [...]
creation of 3D virtual reality experience for nutrition brand
Customised Virtual Reality Experience. YourOwnLab, Addictlab's consultancy unit helps companies to think out of the box, and gives access to creative thinking and innovative tools. For a Geneva based nutrition client, we produced a game using [...]
Updated list of all machines
We get the question regularly : what tools and machines do you use for your educational activities at schools, or your innovation projects with companies and organisations? What's different from a Fablab? What own tools [...]
Addictlab Academy s’installe à l’Espace Candide
Cet été, Addictlab Academy est le bienvenu dans le nouveau centre Espace Candide à Ferney Voltaire. Venez imprimer en 3D, dessiner en réalité virtuelle, programmer des robots, faire de la photographie comme on faisait en [...]
Join Addictlab @ExpoJuniors 2018: 500m2 of lab
Join Addictlab @ExpoJuniors: 500m2 of lab projects For the third year in a row you can find Addictlab at the ExpoJuniors in Geneva. The fair takes place end of April (20- 21-22) and [...]
New collaboration: first birthday lab at the Geneva SDG Solution Space.
Addictlab is proud to have entered into a collaboration with the University of Geneva and the new 'Geneva SDG Solution Space'. This new space at the Unige is dedicated to research, innovation, and finding solutions [...]
Schoollab St Georges
Addictlab has set up a school lab this summer at the St Georges Summer Camp (Montreux, Switzerland). We took over the gym and installed several stations, going from Virtual Reality (Google Tilt Brush), Cyanotype (develop [...]
Workshop on Sustainable Development Goals
In today’s globalized world, business leaders are increasingly being held accountable for the impact of their business on their stakeholders and on society. In times of rapid and extreme changes, it is of utmost importance [...]
Brainstorm session for big corporate
Addictlab has hosted a two day brainstorm session for a pharmaceutical company in Switzerland. The Lab space was adapted restaurant (and catering supplied by restaurant Duchessa) coffee corner plenary meeting & projections break out rooms [...]
Schoollab Rolle
Addictlab has set up a day-lab at a renowned Swiss boarding school in Rolle. During the day, about 60 kids learned to station 1 : take pictures of flowers in the garden using the 1842 [...]
Opening the Addictlab Shop
At the Addictlab Academy we’re creating our own tools or reselling products that have proven their value in our workshops. The Addictlab Shop offers you products and tools to run your own creative brainstormings (for [...]
Addictlab @ Expo Juniors, Geneva.
Over 12000 kids en their parents or teachers visited the Expo Juniors in Geneva last weekend. Addictlab has partnered up with Palexpo and created a booth of 500m2, offering qualitative workshops from the [...]
Thymio Workshop – 25 March 2017
Thank you all for your participation in Thymio's Workshop! We hope you all had a good time. Here's a video of the day made by Vincent from Thymio: [...]
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