Open Design
Open Design was developed as my MA thesis and became the core of my creative work. I first published Open Designs for download in 2005 and since then I've been expanding the product range and my creative expression with this method.
An open design I produce is:
An original design
Locally produced anywhere needed
Parametric and modifiable, a digital native design
Manufactured to-order only after it is sold (DTC or B2B)
A scalable, commercial-grade, quality product
Minimal labor, energy, and materials input. From the machine to the customer approach
Minimal environmental footprint
Always available, never “discontinued” , even for custom designs
Made of quality sustainable materials
Designed for easy assembly and disassembly by the customer without screws or glue
Flat packed
But it all starts with a free-spirited ideology, like from the Open Design Manifesto I wrote:
A revolution in product development, production, and distribution is imminent due to the Internet's disruptive nature and the easy access to CNC machines. Open Design is a proposal to make this happen. It aims to shift Industrial Design to become relevant in a globally networked information society.
In Open Design, a design is CAD information published online under a Creative Commons license to be downloaded, copied, and modified. It is produced directly-from-file by CNC machines and without special tooling.
This means that all technically conforming open designs are continuously available for production, in any number, with no tooling investment, anywhere and by anyone.
Read the Open Design Manifesto
You are welcome to download and use these Open Designs.
