Open Design Lab Strategy

1. Vision
The next Industrial Revolution
Post Industrial
Industrialization emerges
from a networked culture of
creatives

2. Mission
Empowering people to make and
understand products and production
by sharing knowledge and the means
of production, and creating
community platforms for
collaborative design and production.

3. Questions
What are the principles of OD?
What is the infrastructure needed for
OD?
What are the implications of OD

4. Key Themes
Open Design Core
Production Transparency
Architecture
(Fablab)

5. Open Design Core - Education
We have entered the era of design by everyone.
OPEN DESIGN NOW
HELLO WORLD
DIY
More of us have the urge, skills and knowledge to KNOWLEDGE
participate in the design process. The open movement
CO-CREATION
OPEN EVERYTHING
is changing the way we shape and experience the world
REVOLUTION
AESTHETICS: 3D
around us. And the good news is: this is the best thing STANDARDS
ever for professional designers.
AMATEURISSIMO
Open Design Now is the rst comprehensive take on
BLUEPRINTS
open design reaching from its roots, via its current REMIX
drivers, all the way to its future. Whether you are
a sceptic or a true believer, a business leader or an MASS CUSTOMIZATION
enthusiast, an aspiring talent or an award-winning
ACTIVISM
professional, Open Design Now gives you the tools BLUEPRINTS
to position yourself among the pioneers of the HACKING
phenomenon. CO-CREATION
The insightful articles on all aspects of open design SHARING
are supported by case studies ranging from the
RepRap to the Instructables Restaurant and from the
REPRODUCTION
(Un)limited Design Contest to $50 Prosthetic Legs.
HACKING DESIGN
SOCIAL DESIGN
“Openness is more than a commercial and cultural
issue. It’s a matter of survival.” John Thackara
nederland
Open Design Now is a collaborative effort of Creative Commons Netherlands,
Premsela, Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion and Waag Society.

6. Open Design Core - Education - Partners
Creative Commons NL
WDKA
Premsela
TU/E

7. Open Open Design Core - UDC

8. Open Design Core - UDC - Partners
Creative Commons NL
WDKA
HONF, Yogyakarta
Nola Hatterman Academy, Paramaribo
Paulo Hartmann, Sao Paulo
FablabSquared / ENSCI, Paris

9. Open Design Core - platform

10. Open Design Core - platform
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11. Open Design Core - platform - Partners
Ponoko / Shapeways
Fablab int.
Tellart

12. Production Chains & Transparency

13. Production Chains & Transparency

14. Production & Transparency - Partners
NIZA / Schrijf-schrijf
Throwing Snowballs
TNO
Rabo Foundation
DOEN / Initiatief Duurzame Handel
SOMO / Good Electronics
GSM Loket / KPN / Rabo Mobiel
etc etc

15. The Urban Future is Personal
VISUALESSAY - T H E URBA N F U T URE IS PERS O N AL
Digital fabrication in Architecture - It is no w p ossibl e t o
t ransf er d esigns ma d e on a comp u t er t o comp u t er-con t roll e d
machin ery t ha t cre a t es ac t ual b uil d ing comp on e n ts. This “ fil e
t o f ac t ory ” process e na bl es archi t ec ts t o re aliz e proj ec ts
M A T T H I AS K O H L ER f e a t uring compl e x or d ou bl e-curve d g e om e t ri es.
T h e r e s e a rc h a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e p r o f e ss o rsh i p f o r
archi t ect ure and digi t al fabricat ion are concentrat e d on
t h e d ev e l o p m e n t o f f a b rica t i o n p rocesses f or t h e STUDENT EXPERIMENTS
ad ditive pro duction o f highly informe d, non-
st andardise d archi t ect onic pro ducts.
A n in d ust rial ro b o t inst alla t i o n d e v e l o p e d b y t h e
assist an t pro f essorship wi t h a processing space o f
ap proximat ely 6 x 3 me tres is use d for research and
t eaching and p ermi ts t he direct construct ion o f building
par ts on an archi t ect onic scale.
CHARLES WALKER / ZAHA HADID
Charles Walker is an archi t ect and struct ural engine er whose
exp er t ise is t he t echnical realisat ion o f complex struct ures. H e
c o n c e n t r a t e s o n t h e c o n c e p t u a l , p r o c e d u r a l a n d p h y si c a l
relat ionship b e t w e en f orm / struct ure / mat erials. H e help e d t he
engine ering o f fices A t elier build t heir re pu t at ion for innovat ive
d esign engine ering. H e current ly found e d from-w ork projects and
w orks for Zaha H adid Archi t ects. H e has b e en a Uni t M ast er at t he
Archi t ect ural Associat ion since 200

16. The Urban Future is Personal
VISUALESSAY - THE URBAN FUTURE IS PERSONAL!
HOUSING FOR THE PERSONAL FABRICATOR
Digitally Fabricated Housing, as designed for MoMA’s Home Delivery
exhibition. Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture
and Planning/Associate Professor Lawrence Sass.
FABLAB HOUSE
The Fab Lab House is developed on a network of
fabrication laboratories using CNC machines to
Open Source Personal Housing design and produce houses than can be
3D PRINTING BUILDINGS customizable by the inhabitants, and at the same
D-Shape is a new building technology which will Digital fabrication offers not only time adaptable to the environmental conditions.
revolutionize the way architectural design is
planned, and building constructions are great new technical possibilities, it Fablab House is a project by IAAC, MIT Center
for Bits and Atoms, Fablab
executed. By simply pressing the “enter” key on
the keypad we intend to give the architect the also makes possible new ways of
possibility to make buildings directly, without
intermediaries who can add interpretation and
distribution, customization and
realization mistakes.
sharing. Online communities of
creatives and a rising network of
backyard industry give new meaning
to “think global act local”

17. The Urban Future is Personal

18. The Urban Future is Personal - Partners
IAAC (Fablab BCN)
HyperBody TUDelft
DUS Architects
Gemeente Amsterdam

19. Fablab
Afbeelding fablab

20. Fablab - Indonesia
Indonesie

21. Fablab - Suriname
Suriname