"Open Design Now": Open Publication on Design

(Retrieved from opendesignnow.org)

Design is undergoing a revolution. Technology is empowering more people to create and disseminate designs, and professionals and enthusiasts are using it to share their work with the world. Open design is changing everything from furniture to how designers make a living.

Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive surveys this emerging field for the first time. Insiders including John Thackara, Droog Design’s Renny Ramakers and Bre Pettis look at what’s driving open design and where it’s going. They examine new business models and issues of copyright, sustainability and social critique. Case studies show how projects ranging from the RepRap self-replicating 3D-printer to \$50 prosthetic legs are changing the world.

Open Design Now is essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of design and society.

Open Design Now is a production of Premsela Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion, Waag Society and Creative Commons Netherlands in association with BIS Publishers and will appear in bookshops in May.

“Openness is more than a commercial and cultural issue. It’s a matter of survival.” John Thackara

Editors
Bas van Abel
Roel Klaassen
Lucas Evers
Peter Troxler

Visual Concept and Design
Hendrik-Jan Grievink

BIS publishers, Amsterdam

Available June 2011

Open Publication

Open Design Now is published as a book, and available for sale from June 2 2011 onwards. But all content will be opened up freely over the coming months. 12-12-2012 all content will be available here, usable for free under a creative commons license.

Until 12-12-12, each 25 days one case, one article and one of the visual index pages will be published on this website. After that you’ll have the whole book to read for free here. To keep yourself updated on newly opened content, please like us on Facebook, or follow @waag and @premsela on Twitter.

Access the published articles online.