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Share This Book: An Introduction to Open Design Michael J. Moore

Adelaide, South Australia 2014

Share This Book: An Introduction to Openness: by Mike Moore is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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OPEN DESIGN IS ABOUT FORGING A NEW PATH, SHARING WORK AND CONTRIBUTING TO IDEAS. IT ALLOWS FOR ALTERATION AND INPUT WHICH PUSHES IDEAS FURTHER, DEVELOPING AS A COLLECTIVE.

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» »BREAK NEW GROUND................... 7 » »FOREWORD . . .............................. 13 PART 1: WHAT IS OPEN DESIGN?....................... 17 » »DEFINED.................................... 19 » »EXPLAINED................................. 20 » »STANDPOINTS............................ 23 » »ORIGINS.................................... 29

PART 2: HOW DOES OPEN DESIGN WORK? . . ....... 33 » »CONNECTIVITY........................... 35 » »OPEN AND CLOSED.. ................... 37 » »CREATIVE COMMONS.................. 39 » »CROWDSOURCING.. .................... 45 » »WILLINGNESS............................. 46

PART 3: WHERE DOES OPEN DESIGN WORK?...... 49 » »FIELDS....................................... 51 » »APPLICATIONS............................ 57

PART 4: GET INVOLVED.................................... 59 » »SEEK AND FIND.......................... 61 » »BE INVOLVED............................. 63 » »OPEN IDEAS............................... 65 » »MAP.......................................... 93 » »WHY OPEN DESIGN.................... 95

» »CHANGE . . .................................. 97 » »NOTES.. ..................................... 99

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but is undoubtedly a product of the open design process, assisted by a vast collective of different minds.

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on taste and requirements for the intended application.

In this way, the initial design that is provided for open access is utilised carefully by the user. Improvements and results can be re-posted based on how the design fared in use, and any improvements or specialty developments can be utilised or further developed by others.

In open design, the user takes on a very involved and critical role.

Through the process, the users and developers essentially become their own, self motivated and realised designer. In this way, open design harnesses the ability of everyone to contribute creatively.

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Open design as a concept, and where it can be applied is continually changing and evolving. The fact that it harnesses the ideas and abilities of many different people, allows its application to span all sorts of disciplines. It pushes the envelope as to what can be achieved and how far designs and concepts can develop.

The key of open design is to never stop looking for where it can work. There are many benefits to the model of thought, capable of being adopted to suit all kinds of different things .

There is no single way that open design works, but there are certainly a great deal of fields where the application can assist in some way. It is crucial to understand that open application can be moulded and shaped to fit. Open design is capable of pushing the limits of how things are done.

It is not always about the final and finished design or product.

Because of the way open design works, it pushes the way that things ahve been done traditionally. Development of process is as important as the final outcome, and certainly is also just as capable of making a change for good.

Open design is an exciting field to experiment with. It may not be the answer or the solution to every problem, but you can not argue that it is the right step forward in bringing people together and working toward a common set of goals.

You don’t have to be open in everything you do

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(Un)Limited Design is a part of Premsela, an initiative created by the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion.

Through Premsela, (Un)Limited Design seeks to investigate and demonstrate possibilities presented by open design. this is done so by allowing everyone the opportunity to share creativity through the open source model.

Through seminars, workshops, publications, contests, and festivals, Premsela develop an understanding of the concepts of open design, leading by example.

The first (Un)limited Design Contest was intended as an experiment in open design. Entrants submitted product designs on the condition that they shared their digital blueprints so others could modify and improve their designs or manufacture them using Fab Labs.

Creative Commons licences allowed entrants to share their designs without relinquishing copyright.

The contest elicited innovative and inspiring designs, some of which have been exhibited several times. http://www.premsela.org/en/

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B L ES Instructables is a website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-ityourself projects, which other users can comment on and rate for quality.

It was created by Eric Wilhelm and Saul Griffith and launched in August 2005.

Instructables is dedicated to step-by-step collaboration among members to build a variety of projects. Users post instructions to their projects, usually accompanied by visual aids, and then interact through comment sections below each Instructable step as well in topic forums.

Designs are openly accessible for alteration and comment, allowing users to build, develop, improve and share their own designs.

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OpenDesk: Global platform for local making, with a global net work of makers and a

www.betabrand.com

Betabrand: Online clothing communit y and design platform where fans can submit ideas for designs which are crowdfunded into production. New ideas an releases happen every week, making people interact and support each others visions.

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arduino.cc

Arduino: The open source electronic soft ware and hardware producer started as a concept.It is now utilised worldwide for hundreds of different applications.

IVREA, ITALY

This map is an indication of locations that open design projects are now underway in the world.

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Freebeer: The worlds first open source beer.

Originally conceived by artist collective ‘Superflex’ and Copenhagen IT universit y students, Freebeer applies open source soft ware method to a tangible product.

The recipe, method and labelling of the beer is available to create

Opensource Robotics, Kyokai: A communit y determined to contribute to societ y by integrating the robotics technology into the social infrastructure, developing and supporting opensource soft ware in robotics enhancing the bond

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OSVehicle: Open Source Vehicle provides openly accessed plans for sustainable and adaptable transportation solutions. They are distributed under a creative commons license allowing for alteration in both design and manufacturing process to suit the location, materials, and needs of the user.

opensource-robotics. tokyo.jp/

bet ween robot users communit y, academia and industry.

Kickstarter: A now global platform that is designed to help fund and facilitate creative projects. Projects are posted for potential users and developers to back and pledge towards, allowing for people to choose what they want to support.

www.opendesk.cc

collection of furniture by a range of international designers. Because that furniture is designed for digital fabrication, it can be downloaded as a digital file and made locally, on demand, any where in the world.

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BERLIN, GERMANY Soundcloud: Music sharing communit y that allows artists to upload its works under the full suite of CC licenses. Its set of tools integrate

www.zoybar.net

Zoybar: An open research and develop ment lab for professional and hobbyist musicians to easily create, customize and fabricate their own music instruments and applications. Designs of instruments are available online for production on 3d printers. As a modular platform the instrument kits can be altered and customized by the users themselves with minimum skills and tools.

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and profit from freely, provided the original creators are credited. It may also been altered and variations are shared back to the Freebeer communit y.

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VIENNA, AUSTRIA Dunne and Raby: Collaborative artists using design as a medium to stimulate discussion and debate amongst designers, industry and the public about the social, cultural and ethical implications of existing and emerging technologies, exhibiting interactive work around the world.

OpenStax: Founded in 1999 at Rice Universit y to provide authors and learners with an open space where they can share and freely adapt educational materials such as courses, books, and reports. Openstax is free resource for students and teachers to obtain course work and teaching tools, and adapt them for their needs.

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nicely across the web, with adoptions from well known artists and labels.

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