open-design

From chain production to chain reaction with open design

At the beginning of July I’m going to Barcelona invited at the Open Design Shared Creativity forum (check promotional code below!) to talk about open-source branding and collaborative clothing : “An international forum that seeks to explore and debate the emerging landscape of openness and exchange that is taking shape around practices such as open code, creative commons licensing, co-creation, de-localisation and collaboration. Digital technology and social networks have reached a point of maturity from which a new industrial culture is emerging, revolutionising the processes of creation, mediation, distribution and consumption. Taking design in all its expressions and forms as a starting point, the conference will be an important international forum of ideas, working platforms and specialised practices that are transforming the articulation of design with society, economy and culture. Designers, architects, artists, editors, web activists, programmers, curators, lawyers and cultural analysts will explore over two days the reality and the potential of open design culture, from new business models

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Felt Fold Slippers Workshop at Salone del Mobile

At the forthcoming Salone del Mobile, Domus will host and exhibition looking at what is to come in the future of design, involving events and live performances in Palazzo Clerici, right in the heart of Milan. Openwear will be part of the event with a workshop focused on lasercutting felt for fashion accessories using Fold Slippers pattern. Read the details and subscribe (workshop will be in italian). The exhibition is a showcase of the latest and most interesting projects on fabbing and digital manufacturing: from the visionary Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser, to the furniture line Endless by Dirk Vander Kooij. One of the rooms is dedicated to “the best of Arduino” with a selection of the best project based on the made-in-italy microcontroller. For the whole week, FabLab Torino together with Vectorealism and Kent’s Strapper are going to produce the objects of Autoprogettazione 2.0 contest. Everyday there will be a free workshop: check them out!

Io Artigianato / Tu Industria: un incontro in Olanda per parlare del futuro della manifattura

Nonostante nella società dell’informazione il lavoro manuale si sia guadagnato una brutta reputazione per la sua mancanza di status e per i bassi guadagni, il contributo degli artigiani e delle artigiane nell’economia olandese è considerevole: si contano infatti 900mila posti di lavoro su un totale di 16 milioni di popolazione. E’ snocciolando questi numeri che Henk Oosterling inizia il suo intervento. Filosofo, professore e fondatore di Skill City, il progetto che sta rivitalizzando e rinnovando il tessuto urbano di Rotterdam a partire proprio dal connettere le abilità manuali a traiettorie di formazione e occupazionali. Quello di Oosterling è il primo degli interventi programmati per MeCraft/YouIndustry, il simposio organizzato dall’istituto olandese per la moda e il design Premsela in collaborazione con il museo Zuiderzee, che ospita, in contemporanea, la mostra Industrious|Artifacts con lo scopo di esplorare e indagare il significato dell’artigianalità contemporanea. Henk prosegue l’intervento raccontando come negli ultimi anni il governo olandese abbia lanciato una campagna nazionale coinvolgendo celebrità, artisti,

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