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# Useful Links

This is a list to help you find places where to buy your material, cool spots to know in Geneva, list of festival in Europe and more. If you want to contribute to this list, let us know!

### Websites to buy electronic components and prototyping equipment

* [Adafruit](https://www.adafruit.com/)
* [Chipandlove](http://www.chipandlove.ch/fr/)
* [Conrad](https://www.conrad.ch/)
* [Digitec](https://www.digitec.ch/fr)
* [Distrelec](https://www.distrelec.ch/)
* [Farnell](https://ch.farnell.com/)
* [Lextronic](https://www.lextronic.fr/)
* [Mouser](https://www.mouser.ch/)
* [Prodimex](https://www.prodimex.ch/)
* [RS Components](https://fr.rs-online.com/web/)
* [Snootlab](https://snootlab.com/)
* [coolcomponents.co.uk](https://coolcomponents.co.uk/)

### Workshops, maker spaces and places to buy materials in Geneva

* [Maco](https://lamaco.ch/)
* [Made@UC](https://made.univercite.ch/)
* [Matériuum](https://materiuum.ch/)
* [Post Tenebras Lab](https://www.posttenebraslab.ch/)
* [Octanis Microverse](https://octanis.org/space/)
* [onlfait Fablab](https://onlfait.ch/fablab/)

### Culutral places in Geneva

* [La décadanse (online agenda)](https://ladecadanse.darksite.ch)
* [Cave12](https://www.cave12.org/)
* [Centre d'Art Contemporain — Genève](https://centre.ch/)
* [Centre for Future Publishing](https://centerforfuturepublishing.wordpress.com/)
* [Cinéma Spoutnik](http://spoutnik.info/)
* [Duplex / Walden](http://duplex-walden.ch/)
* [L'écurie](http://www.lecurie.ch/)
* [Espace Témoin](http://www.gus-sip.ch/et/espacetemoin/)
* [Forde](http://www.forde.ch/)
* [Le Galpon](https://galpon.ch/)
* [La Gravière](http://www.lagraviere.ch/)
* [Halle Nord](http://halle-nord.ch/)
* [Le Labo](http://www.espacelabo.net/)
* [Musée d'art moderne et contemporain](http://www.mamco.ch/)
* [Motel Campo](http://www.motelcampo.ch/)
* [One Gee In Fog](http://www.onegeeinfog.com/)
* [Picto](http://espacepicto.ch/)
* La Reliure
* [Le Rez](https://www.kalvingrad.com/)
* [Théâtre St-Gervais](https://saintgervais.ch/)
* [Topic](http://topic.to/)
* [TU](http://www.theatredelusine.ch/)
* [Usine Kugler](https://www.usinekugler.ch/)
* [Le Vélodrome](http://levelodrome.org/)
* [Zabriskie Point](http://www.zabriskiepoint.ch/)
* [Le Zoo](https://lezoo.ch/)

### Festivals, awards and residencies in the field of interactive and media design

Festivals and residency programs in Switzerland, Europe and the rest of the planet 🎉

This collection of festivals, residence spaces and awards was started at the Master Media Design course in Geneva in 2016. It should help students and alumnis for their take-off! Feel free to contribute to add to our list.

#### Switzerland
* Belluard, Fribourg
* HeK - net based, Basel
* Fantoche, Baden
* Gamez Festival, Zürich
* GIFF, Geneva
* Grafik, Zürich
* Ludicious, Zürich
* Mapping, Geneva
* NIFFF, Neuchatel
* Numerik Games, Yverdon-Les-Bains
* World VR Forum, Crans-Montana

#### Europe
* AND Festival, UK
* Ars electronica, Linz, AT
* Cynetart, Dresden, DE
* DEAF festival, Rotterdam, NL
* EMAF European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück, DE
* Experimenta, Grenoble, FR
* Festival of algorithmic and mechanical movement, Sheffield, UK
* Gogbot Festival, Enschede, NL
* Grow Festival, Paris, FR
* KIKK Festival, Namur, BE
* Kinetic Fair, London, UK
* Mirage, Lyon, FR
* Resonate Belgrade, Belgrade, RS
* RIXC, Riga, LV
* Sensorium, Bratislava, SK
* Share Festival Turin, Turin, IT
* Sonar, Barcelona, ES
* STRP festival Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL
* Transmediale, Berlin, DE

#### International

* Bian Montreal, Montreal, CA
* Japan Media Arts festival, Tokyo, JP
* Vector Festival, Toronto, CA

#### Residencies and fellowships

* BANFF, Banff, CA
* CERN, Geneva, CH
* CIID, Copenhagen, DK
* Dart17, San Francisco, US
* Embassy of foreign artists, Geneva, CH
* Edith-Russ-Haus, Oldenburg, DE
* Eyebeam, New York, US
* Hangar, Barcelona, ES
* Impakt, Utrecht, NL
* La Becque, La Tour-de-Peilz, CH
* Pervasive Studio, London, UK
* Salzamt, Linz, AT
* V2, Rotterdam, NL
* Jan van Eyck, Maastricht, NL

#### Awards and Prizes

* Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland (BLCG)
* Bourses du Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain (FCAC)
* Design Preis Schweiz
* GDC Students Award
* GSGS Serious Gaming Award
* IxDA Award
* SWISS DESIGN COMPETITION