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(UN)LIMITED DESIGN CONTEST / MARIA NEICU

(Un)Limited Design contest Openness in Vitro Maria Neicu Openness is no longer only seen in the context of open software; it has become a broadly applicable concept, carried by the digital in the analogue world. Design tools are in user’s … Continue reading

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(UN)LIMITED DESIGN CONTEST / BAS VAN ABEL

(Un)Limited Design contest Experimenting with Open Design Bas van Abel Open design covers an extensive area and its contours are not yet clearly defined, making it difficult for designers to come to grips with the developments. One of the most tangible open … Continue reading

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THINGIVERSE / ZACH SMITH

Thingiverse How the Internet, Sharing and Digital Fabrication are Enabling a New Wave of Open Source Hardware Zach Smith Thingiverse.com was started on a lazy Saturday afternoon in late October 2008. I was at the local hackerspace, NYC Resistor, with … Continue reading

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SHAREABLE / NEAL GORENFLO

SHAREABLE Open Design for an Access Economy Neal Gorenflo Like any innovation, open design by itself is neither good nor bad. Its social value depends entirely on how it’s used. It can be used for the common good, or it … Continue reading

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REPRAP / ERIK DE BRUIJN

RepRap The Viability of Open Design Erik de Bruijn The RepRap digital fabrication system can 3D print a large share of its own parts. In fact, it reproduces almost 90% of the really important mechanical parts that convey most knowledge. … Continue reading

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REDESIGN ME / MAXIM SCHRAM

Redesign Me Online Co-creation and Co-design Maxim Schram Open design by online communities is becoming more common among companies that had previously been secretive about the products they create. Dutch tea manufacturer Pickwick, for example, used the online design and … Continue reading

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PONOKO / PETER TROXLER

Ponoko: The Distributed Making System Peter Troxler Ponoko first saw the limelight of success on 17 September 2007 at TechCrunch40, a conference held in San Francisco to showcase ‘forty of the hottest new start-ups from around the world’ to a … Continue reading

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OPEN STANDARDS / THOMAS LOMMÉE

Open Standards Design for Adaptation: A New Design Vocabulary Thomas Lommée Over the last 20 years, we have been witnessing the early developments of a networked economy that is operated by its interconnected participants. Decentralized information streams and sources have … Continue reading

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OPEN RE:SOURCE DESIGN / SOENKE ZEHLE

Open Re:Source Design visualizing COMPLETE material flows Soenke Zehle In an era of algorithmic cultures, designers willing to take on the challenges of sustainability must be prepared to deal with complex eco-politics. At the same time, any mapping of possible … Continue reading

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OHANDA / JÜRGEN NEUMANN

OHANDA Open Source Hardware and Design Alliance Jürgen Neumann OHANDA is an initiative to foster sustainable copyleft-style sharing of open hardware and design. Since its emergence from the GOSH!-Grounding Open Source Hardware summit at the Banff Centre in July 2009, one of … Continue reading

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