[OpenDesign] research on application of open design processes

Tue Nov 27 15:15:56 UTC 2012

Hey guys, thanks for your responses!
Nice to hear about the EU project! I think it is an interesting and quite
ambitous attempt. We are working on something very modest compared to the
goals of that project. However I do envision our platform moving into such
a direction in the future, incorporating technologies that improve online
collaboration.
At this moment I would say our first goal is to create an environment in
which online open design projects could thrive, more than finding the
perfect technological solution which I think is a huge challenge.

@Jorge; I also think the multidisciplinary nature and complexity of
projects and sometimes asks for very specific solutions and tools, so
trying to incorporate everything into one platform solving all needs might
be inpossible, or ineffective at the least. Thanks also for sharing the
links. I can see a bit of the similar direction with the OpeningDesign
project, different approach though.
Love the wikihouse project!

@Kat; I agree that often there is a huge need to combine the virtual with
the physical, and that in that space very interesting things happen. We are
in touch with some folks in the maker community in Amsterdam, discussing
how they can leverage online possibilities.

@Atilla: thanks for the link! Nice to hear from you again, how are things
in Budapest?

Maybe I can leave you guys with an interesting question:
Do you think the biggest need is for technological sollutions? e.g. 'git'
for 3d models / more tangible communication than skype and chat (such as
the EU project asks)?
or:
Is the first step to grow this movement into an ecosystem, by connecting
communities and platforms for example, and lowering the entry barriers to
connect with this movement? And will the technology then follow?

Keep me update if you come across research or examples of projects that
point towards necessary features of an open design environment!
Thanks!

Bram Geenen

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Attila Bujdoso <bujatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey Bram,
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> I just came across this lately: wikisym.org
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> On 22 November 2012 00:37, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org> wrote:
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>> Hello again Bram and Peter,
>>
>> As Peter noted, amazing example of serendipity! Both the project Peter
>> listed and your ideas to create a collaborative (perhaps entirely virtual,
>> but with physical aspects?) co-working space for designers sound great.
>>
>> I'd also be interested to hear more examples, if people have them. Am
>> realising increasingly that the design/hardware/fabbing projects I'm most
>> fascinated by are those that merge the virtual and physical, crumbling old
>> boundaries along national lines and creating forms of collaboration that
>> are new, confusing, fractured - and brilliant.
>>
>> And re: archives for this list, they are publicly located here :)
>> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/opendesign
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>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Dr. Peter Troxler <trox at fabfolk.com>wrote:
>>
>>> serendipity:
>>>
>>> this EU project collaboration request just came in:
>>> http://www.ideal-ist.eu/ps-80837
>>>
>>> On 21 Nov 2012, at 17:14 , Bram Geenen wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I was looking for research on practical application of open design
>>> processes.
>>> Some questions that keep me busy are:
>>> *-what structure of organization and what hierarchy of permissions are
>>> necessary to a enable (facilitate) an open design process on a website?
>>>
>>> -what features and functionality are necessary to facilitate an open
>>> design process online.*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *I'm developing a website which goal it is to enable open communities
>>> to collaborate effectively on projects. The site hopes to increase the
>>> innovative power of community projects by facilitating the process
>>> effectively, and secondly connecting people and different projects with
>>> each other in other to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and skills.*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *So if annyone can point me to good research about this that would be
>>> of great help.*
>>> *Forwarding to me to some cases in which open processes were
>>> successfully applied in an online environment are also valuable!*
>>> *
>>> *
>>>
>>> another thing;
>>> I've been following the discussion about the definition of open design
>>> with great interest. Is there a way to go through the archive of threads on
>>> the mailinglist website ( if you haven't got the mails in your inbox
>>> anymore :)
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> Thanks, keep up the good work!*
>>> *Bram Geenen*
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