Open collaborative design/See also
From AdCiv
Wikipedia articles
- Open source
- See Open design and Open source hardware for many examples of open collaborative design projects
- Commons-based peer production
- Gift economy
Some others thinking in the same sphere
- The MIT group behind Thinkcycle (open-source design for underserved communities and the environment) and Instructables which is a website to share step-by-step instructions for building stuff
- Adrian Bowyer - The RepRap project (an open-source rapid prototyping machine designed to be capable of self-replication)
- Terry Hancock - co-founder of Anansi Spaceworks that is attempting to use open source principles to develop space technology. His eloquent article Towards a free matter economy is well worth reading. Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Cameron Sinclair - Architecture for Humanity - humanitarian reconstruction and the built environment
- Zac Apte - DesignBreak - Incubator and host for open design projects. Currently in early stages
...and there must be plenty more...
