[Open Design + Hardware] opendesign Digest, Vol 50, Issue 4

Fri Feb 3 08:44:50 UTC 2017

Hi Paul

Sounds good. And just to say, the 'city' bit of the Fab City name is not to
be taken too literal. We already have a country (Georgia) and couple of
regions (Kerala, Occitane) signed up as well. See the full list here:
http://fab.city/ (scroll down a bit until you see the world map).

Highly recommend speaking with Fi and her gang - I'm happy to introduce if
useful.

And by all means please do keep posting links and thoughts here on the list
- thanks!

Cheers,

Christian

On 1 February 2017 at 20:23, Paul Smith <p.smith at gsa.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> Thank you for the response and the recommendations. I have definitely
> heard of the Fab City project and I think it's brilliant! I would love us
> to connect with it somehow, I'll keep posting about our project so
> hopefully there will be shared insights.
>
> Moving away from a product in and waste out model and a re-focus on local
> supply, data sharing and data flows is something we are looking at with the
> project. It certainly makes sense to me about how we think of material
> flows and products in the future. Currently half of my research is situated
> out of the urban in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, so I'm really
> interested in what the Fab Rural would look like or even the Fab Island?
> Perhaps another conversation for another time. :)
>
> I do know of Make Works and the great work they do. I've met Fi around
> MakLab in Glasgow and at a few other bits and bobs in the past. We're not
> in touch, yet.
>
> I'll keep on shamelessly posting links to out research and keep an eye on
> Fab Cities.
>
>
> Paul
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:40 AM, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Paul, very exciting. Are you in touch with Scott Fi and the Make
>> Works initiative? Sounds to me like your project and theirs would fit right
>> together and they are right in your neck of the woods.
>>
>> Also, I am also working on another project, Fab City, which you might
>> find relevant to connect with. We are building a large global coalition
>> that aims to create a new urban operating system for large cities, making
>> them into locally productive, globally connected self-sustainable entities
>> that share solutions (data) for local, decentralized manufacturing and
>> circular waste management. In effect going from a product-in-waste-out
>> model to a data-in-data-out model. So far cities like Barcelona, Boston,
>> Paris, Amsterdam and Detroit have pledged their commitment - and many more
>> underway. One of the objectives is to develop the future business models of
>> the circular economy, so very aligned with your objective it seems. Read
>> more on http://fab.city/.
>>
>> In any case, please do keep us in the loop of how your study develops.
>>
>> -Christian
>>
>> On 31 January 2017 at 18:06, Paul Smith <p.smith at gsa.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Would like to say this is a great topic and lots of interesting stuff to
>>> chew over so thank you. I have a shameless project plug of my own. I am
>>> currently working on a feasibility study into the role of make spaces in
>>> the circular economy. We are working with textile surplus in Scottish
>>> textile manufacturers and two micro manufacturers. The model we are
>>> adopting produces open source garments. Just about to host our second
>>> re-make-a-thon! Link to our project blog below. It only has a few posts
>>> juts now but we will update as we go along.
>>>
>>> https://remantleandmake.wordpress.com
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greg,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for chipping in. I agree that it's time to crack the nut on open
>>>> source hardware business models to allow for much wider adoption. Hopefully
>>>> we can help that happen with the REMODEL venture.
>>>>
>>>> We'll share our progress and setbacks here on the list and would enjoy
>>>> continued feedback. Any ideas, comments and viewpoints - now and further
>>>> down the line - are more than welcome.
>>>>
>>>> -Christian
>>>>
>>>> On 30 January 2017 at 14:18, Greg Austic <gbathree at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if i can make that conference, though it's very close to
>>>>> me (Ann Arbor MI) perhaps I should try, but I just wanted to say thanks for
>>>>> bringing it up.  In my opinion, the business model is the thing that is
>>>>> most holding open source hardware back from scaling the way open software
>>>>> did and continues to do.  It's been one of the major topics of last years
>>>>> Gathering for Open Science Hardware and I expect will be again this year.
>>>>>
>>>>> As someone who's trying and failing and trying again to make business
>>>>> models work in open science hardware, I'd just love more peers + discussion
>>>>> + support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 3:52 AM, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Peter - adding to top of reading list right away.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @everyone else: Please don't hold back on shameless self-promotion
>>>>>> either ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> man. 30. jan. 2017 kl. 08.34 skrev Dr. Peter Troxler <
>>>>>> trox at fabfolk.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Warning: shameless self-promotion ahead:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regarding the business model 101 my recent research might be of
>>>>>>> interest:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Community-based business models: Insights from an emerging maker
>>>>>>> economy
>>>>>>> http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/30_5.pdf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> / Peter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 28 Jan 2017, at 14:26, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Irene,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for responding. Your plans for Rizoma.uy sounds great,
>>>>>>> although my Spanish is a little rusty. I would very much like to
>>>>>>> stay in the loop of your work and hear about the outcomes and insights from
>>>>>>> the event as well as from developing the planform, if possible?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As for reading material: We are actually in the middle of building
>>>>>>> an open source (hardware) business model 101 reading package (comprised of
>>>>>>> articles, book-links, TED-talks, etc.) that aims to give its reader an
>>>>>>> understanding of the concept, the relevant terms and a general overview).
>>>>>>> As soon as it is ready we would love to share it here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the meantime I would like to take this opportunity to ask
>>>>>>> everyone on the list what open source hardware business development
>>>>>>> materials you would suggest including in such a reading package?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 26 January 2017 at 20:06, Irene Maldini <irene.maldini at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Christian,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very interesting post (REMODEL). I cannot participate in the event
>>>>>>> in Toronto but I would be very interested in reading material about
>>>>>>> business models in open design/hardware (from you or other members in this
>>>>>>> forum).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have recently launched an open design platform in Uruguay
>>>>>>> (Rizoma.uy) and together with the local Creative Commons and the Design
>>>>>>> cluster we are planning a specific event on the issue of business/economic
>>>>>>> sustainability models for 2017. It would be nice to  know what is going on,
>>>>>>> as I have not been following the topic for a couple of years already.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you recommend any texts?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Irene
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>    1. Open hardware business model session(s) @ CC Global Summit?
>>>>>>>       (Christian Villum)
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>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:25:15 +0100
>>>>>>> From: Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>
>>>>>>> To: Open Design Definition - mailing list <opendesign at lists.okfn.org
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> Subject: [Open Design + Hardware] Open hardware business model
>>>>>>>         session(s) @    CC Global Summit?
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>>>>>>> Anyone going to CC Global Summit in Toronto in April who's up for
>>>>>>> submitting one or more session proposals on open source hardware
>>>>>>> business
>>>>>>> models? I have a few ideas rooted in, among other things, my work on
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> REMODEL program: http://danskdesigncenter.dk/en/remodel. Happy to
>>>>>>> elaborate
>>>>>>> if anyone's interested as well as discuss ideas for a joint session
>>>>>>> proposal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Call for submissions: https://summit.creativecommons.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christian Villum
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianvillum
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