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Open Design Now is a collaborative effort of Creative Commons Netherlands, Premsela, the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion and Waag Society.
repairing
The global repair network is still changing. It used to be very local: you used to bring your broken radio around the block. Now you just throw it away; at best, it is disassembled and reassembled into something else in Asia or Africa. You used to bring your car to the mechanic; now it is put on a bulk carrier shipped to Lagos. But repairing isn’t only fun, it also changes your perspective on materiality. Soon askthemechanic.com will be bought by instructables.com.
repairing contents in Open Design Now:
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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Tagged designers, hacking, network society, repairing, standards, Thomas Lommée
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Repairing
The global repair network is still changing. It used to be very local: you used to bring your broken radio around the block. Now you just throw it away; at best, it is disassembled and reassembled into something else in … Continue reading
CO-WORKING / MICHELLE THORNE
DESIGNING FOR COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION. The 20th century was the unfortunate era of hyper- consumerism. You know the stats: basically, the world is ending, and we, the insatiable consumers of the world, are at fault. Traditionally, there are two solutions for … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, blueprints, community, Michelle Thorne, recycling, remix, repairing, share
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