This is presented at Fab9 Research meeting in Yokohama. Tried to analyze the social impact of FabLab, or Social Fab movements to the society using InfoSocinomics Framework developed by Prof. Shumpei Kumon

1. The Impact of Social Fabrication
on the new stage of Information Society
An analysis using InfoSocionomics Frameworks
Social Fabrication movement is
the central force building
next phase of Information Society
@Fab9, Aug 2013, Yokohama
Izumi Aizu
Executive Director, Institute for HyperNetwork Society
Shumpei Kumon
Institute of InfoSocionomics, Tama University

2. Industrial Rev & Information Rev
running in Parallel

3. Third Industrial Revolution together
with First Information Revolution
• The digital fabrication machine industry may
become the leading industry that enables
“Third Industrial Revolution”.
• Social technology is leading the First
Information Revolution.
• Social Fabrication will make significant impact
on the way we live, learn, work and play.

4. “Social” is the key
• “Social” dimension of the use of the digital
technology, “social technology” has become
the key driving factor in the recent years and
leading the First Information Revolution.
• New movement: “Social Fabrication” rather
than digital or personal fabrication
• “Sharing”, co-design, co-creation are the keys

5. Conviviality
• Social fab may spread all over the globe within
next 15 to 30 years
• Same time for Internet
• This movement allows people to interact more
creatively with physical objects, be it art,
appliances, gadgets or daily commodities
• It will provide greater sense of positive feel –
“deep play” (Rifkin)’ or “conviviality” [Kumon
2004] in the coming phase of Information Society

6. 1st Social Fab Conference 2013
in Tokyo
Aug 31, 14:00 – (Reception @18:30-)
Miraikan in Odaiba
National Museum of Emerging Science & Innovation
www.hyper.or.jp/sfc2013
Ricard
Troxler
Hirano
Kumon
Tanaka