The document outlines a 7-point manifesto for appropriate manufacturing called Humblefacture. It calls for saving ourselves from problems like plastic waste, e-waste, inadequate objects designed only for the middle class, and local helplessness. The manifesto proposes that objects should crystallize conversations, advocate open source principles for hardware, software and construction, use modular construction, flexible low-infrastructure approaches, lower energy higher information structured materials, locally producible materials, and resilient connections.

1. HUMBLEFACTURE:
A 7-POINT MANIFESTO
FOR APPROPRIATE
MANUFACTURING
Dominic Muren Ignite Seattle 2009 www.humblefacture.com

2. THE PLANET DOESN’T NEED SAVING.
WE DO.

3. SAVE US FROM : P-WASTE
we are drowning in unrecycled, unrecyclable plastics.

4. SAVE US FROM : E-WASTE
“e-recycling” is toxic, wasteful, and unrealistic

5. SAVE US FROM : INADEQUATE OBJECTS
design for the middle leaves
a lot of people living on the edge

6. SAVE US FROM : LOCAL HELPLESSNESS
far away making makes local disasters worse

7. THE WAY WE MAKE
WHAT WE MAKE
MAKES US US.
SO HOW SHOULD WE MAKE?

8. 1. OBJECTS SHOULD BE
CRYSTALLIZATIONS OF A CONVERSATION.
talk is cheap. matter is expensive. word gets around.

9. 2. OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING
hardware, software, and construction

10. 2. OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING
hardware, software, and construction

11. 3. MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
for variation, for repair, for upgrading

12. 3. MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
for variation, for repair, for upgrading

13. 4. GO FLEXIBLE & LOW INFRASTRUCTURE
cheap to get started, cheap to change

14. 4. GO FLEXIBLE & LOW INFRASTRUCTURE
cheap to get started, cheap to change

15. 5. LOWER ENERGY, HIGHER INFORMATION
structured materials cost less energy
but offer higher performance

16. 6. USE LOCALLY PRODUCIBLE MATERIALS
some materials can’t be made locally

17. 6. USE LOCALLY PRODUCIBLE MATERIALS
some materials can’t be made locally

18. 7. RESILIENT CONNECTIONS
ARE CRUCIAL .
breaks are bad.
connections should bend before they break.

19. 7. RESILIENT CONNECTIONS
ARE CRUCIAL .
breaks are bad.
connections should bend before they break

20. JOIN THE CONVERSATION:
WWW.HUMBLEFACTURE.COM