100% FREEKeys Lab — build a mechanical keyboard from scratch
Select a keyboard layout, switches, keycaps, materials and sound profile, then learn to assemble a bespoke mechanical keyboard with guidance from CBS. The festival session focuses on making and design choices; a take-home keyboard is not explicitly promised.
Representative mechanical keyboard photograph by Anirban Saha; not the CBS workshop or a promised take-home item.
Dubai Design District, Dubai · Maker Space, Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai
When to go
2026-11-05, 10:00–11:00 (Dubai time).
Who can go
Ages 18+
Current official 2026 Maker Space schedule page 2 explicitly states ages 18+.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free standalone workshop; walk in. No registration is required. Places are subject to availability.
- Participant age requirement: 18+.
- General Dubai Design Week admission is free. Optional food, purchases, parking and separately ticketed activities are excluded.
- The organiser-linked map identifies Maker Space. Confirm the session meeting point on arrival.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 29 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
29 October 2026: original workshop content freshly inspected for unchanged activity, dates, times and explicit walk-in/no-registration terms. The current Maker Space schedule (Schedule_9.pdf, newly linked by the organiser) was downloaded, rendered and visually inspected: page 2 confirms Free, WALK-IN and ages 18+. Current official visitor page confirms free festival entry. No withdrawal or paid trial terms observed. The current Maker Space location link resolves to its exact Google Maps place pin, 25.1881092, 55.2979988; prior district approximation replaced. Capacity remains subject to availability.
Dubai Design Week — original workshop programmeCurrent official Maker Space schedule — explicit free price, times and age
Official visitor policy — free festival admission
Official Maker Space page — current schedule and exact venue map
Photo: Anirban Saha / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; original photograph proportions preserved; licensed derivatives retain the source licence.