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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.
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Amateurissimo
Isn’t the distinction between professional and amateur strange? It takes more than average skill to engineer a drag racer. Amateur involvement ensures the survival of informal knowledge and is an important force in open design. The unrestrained and playful attitude … Continue reading
Aesthetics: 3D
Generative design often finds shape in frac- tal-like objects produced by CNC milling machines and 3D printers. Not just for addicted fanatics, they are also useful in case you need to replace a part of your ancient vacuum cleaner you … Continue reading
Aesthetics: 2D
2D layers make good parts for 3D objects. Based on the principles of modular design and architecture, a laser cutter makes it possible to produce all kinds of complex models and large objects. Community workshops make the technology available for … 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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Activism
Private forces put the commons under pressure. The digital public domain demands another approach to protection of the commons, and also inspires another type of activism. If the insurgents had had a digital network, the French Revolution might have been … Continue reading
Introduction / Marleen Stikker
The pioneers of our time are not taking the world at face value, as a given from outside; rather, they see the world as something you can pry open, something you can tinker with. Marleen Stikker In his novel The … Continue reading
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Preface / Bas van Abel, Lucas Evers & Roel Klaassen
Open design existed before the publication of this book, of course. At the end of the last century, it was defined as design whose makers allowed its free distribution and documentation and permitted modifications and derivations of it. More than … Continue reading
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