From April 29 until 1st of May 2016 the Fashion Hack Day, the world’s first hackathon on fashion and tech, was taking place at Fab Lab in Berlin with a grand catwalk show at Kühlhaus Berlin!
We are happy to have welcomed 50 high carat participants and mentors from all over the world in order to collaborate, work and create in interdisciplinary teams the latest fashion tech prototypes in 48 hours. The projects were presented in a big final award show with catwalk at Kühlhaus Berlin.
Bringing together what belongs together
Our goal ist to bring together people from the fashion and tech industry, who are pioneering in the field of digital fashion. Read more
Fashion Design
Let´s reinvent fashion! It´s time that fashion catches up with tech and contributes to shape the aesthetics of the digital revolution!
Electronics and Software
Talented Geeks and Hackers out there: Let´s make your ideas and devices not only wearable but also sexy! Fashion Design makes the difference.
Experts from the industries
Participants of Fashion Hack Day will be supported in order to realise their ideas by high- carat mentors, research institutes and companies operating in fashion and tech.

Friday April 29
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17:00 Welcome and motivational speeches
Our mentors and partners give you a quick overview of what resources we have for your at Fashion Hack Day
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18:00 Ideas and projects wrap up
Idea pitches and a update about the ideas we had so far and shared online.
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19:30 Team building
The participants meet and create teams
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20:00 Dinner
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21:00 Teams start!
The teams will start working on their ideas. We will find out who needs which machines for their project and what workshop the participants would like to take part in.
Saturday April 30
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9:00 Breakfast
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10:00 Autonomous work
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10:00 – 11:00 Software Workshops
Workshops by SAP, Fusion360, Valentina
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11:00 – 12:00 Machines Workshops 1
Machines Workshops: Lasercutting , 3D printing
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11:00 – 12:00 Machines Workshops 2
Machines Workshops: Knitting Machine
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11:00 – 12:00 Hardware Workshop
Hardware Workshop: What can you do with electronics like Arduino and what sensors to use
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13:00 Lunch
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14:00 Meet&Greet by the Confederation of the Textile and Fashion Industry
Your chance to chat wtih experts from the fashion industry
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16:00 Status Update
We get together to see how the individual projects are doing
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18:30 Dinner
Sunday May 1
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9:00 Breakfast
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10:00 Autonomous work
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12:00 Lunch
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14:30 Finishing up
Get your projects done, not starting any prints, prepare your presentations.
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17:30 Awards at Kühlhaus
Public Award show at the pre event of re:publica at Kühlhaus Berlin
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19:00 Get together

Taking place at Fab Lab Berlin!
We are super happy about our Fashion Hack Day venue: Fab Lab Berlin is the best place we can imagine for an event like ours. The provide knowledge, machines and mentors. Check their website and what they offer for you, no matter if you are a company or a maker – it´s worth taking a look!
Direction: Open Innovation Space, Prenzlauer Allee 242, 10405 Berlin
Applications are closed, no more places are available to participate in Fashion Hack Day. Please visit our free and public final show on 1st of May.

Public Award show on May 1, 17:30 h Station Berlin
Join us and watch live on stage: The final pitches and people behind Fashion Hack Day – Berlin´s first hackathon on fashion and tech. There will be protoypes, people from tech, design, textile and corporates and of course a phantastic audience.
The event is taking place at Kühlhaus Berlin during the pre-event of re:publica TEN.
Our last Hackathon on Smartcities and Wearables was a rousing success, check out the highlights from last year’s event.
This Hackathon was dedicated to apps and wearable devices such as watches.