[OpenDesign] overview of Fab Labs

[Kohtala Cindy]

Hi all 

I wonder if there have been any good publications (preferably something with a platform - like a conference paper or a peer-reviewed journal - not just a blog entry) on the labs in the Fab Lab network? possibly including other maker spaces and labs too

I know that e.g. Peter Troxler addresses business models in certain labs in "Bending the Rules" (http://square-1.eu/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/TroxlerWolf2010_BendingTheRules_FablabInnovationEcology_pub.pdf) and I've seen the matrix in the Libraries of Peer Production chapter. Anything else, Peter, that I've missed?

Just wondering if there is a larger overview - what Fab Labs are open now, are they institutional or commercial, which ones have explicitly green agendas, business models, user types, project and output types etc. 

Thanks for all info
Cindy in Helsinki 

P.S. Welcome to my event at the Open Knowledge Festival! 

Cindy Kohtala
Doctoral researcher
Department of Design
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Helsinki, Finland 
cindy.kohtala at aalto.fi
+358 (0)50 564 0400