[OpenDesign] overview of Fab Labs

Mon Sep 3 20:33:58 UTC 2012

Hi all

there must be numerous bachelor theses according to the information requests we all get …

formally, the list at http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs is the most complete directory; you can also check the fab8nz.com site which in some way would include the short presentations of many labs

there is a nice overview created by Ping at http://www.slideshare.net/slidesharefing/fab-labs-overview

just what comes to mind right now while procrastinating on a presentation I have to give tomorrow

/ pt
On 3 Sep 2012, at 16:15 , Kohtala Cindy wrote:

> 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
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