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An anti-plastic materials encyclopaedia

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An anti-plastic materials encyclopaedia

The first material encyclopaedia called Plastic Free, an initiative by A Plastic Planet, focuses on finding creative solutions to the growing globa...

Sustainability : Society : Design

Design Directions

Dotdot

Brand consultancy Wolff Olins has created a visual identity for ZigBee Alliance’s Dotdot, a universal language for Internet of Things devices.

Wolff Olins : Branding : The Internet Of Things

Connecting the dots

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Connecting the dots

US – Wolff Olins and ZigBee Alliance have created the first open-source language for the Internet of Things.

Dotdot : Wolff Olins : Zigbee

DIY merchandise

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DIY merchandise

UK – Singer-songwriter MIA has created open-source designs that enable fans to create their own merchandise.

Whole-system Thinking : MIA : Merchandise

Digital rhapsody

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Digital rhapsody

US – Google has created a microsite of musical discovery that shows off creative applications of its open-source software.

Chrome Music Lab : Music In Our Schools Month : Web Design

Common ground: Web artist designs virtual public spaces

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Common ground: Web artist designs virtual public spaces

Berlin – Web-based artist LaTurbo Avedon has created a virtual public space, inspired by real-life footage of landscapes.

LaTurbo Avendon : Commons : Gen D

Design Directions

Neo-facture

‘Designers need, above all, to design new ways of doing things… redesigning relationships and creating the tools that allow them to do that in a ne...

New Industrial Revolution : Third Industrial Revolution : Open-source

Soldering on: Circuit board design moves online

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Soldering on: Circuit board design moves online

Soldering on: Circuit board design moves online

Design : Electronics : Andy Stanford-Clark

Istanbul Design Biennial

Big Ideas

Istanbul Design Biennial

The first Istanbul Design Biennial is exploring new power plays and interventions forming in the design world. As new technologies open up the proc...

Open-source : Tristan Kopp : Design Biennial

Disrupt design: OS hails new era in DIY objects

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Disrupt design: OS hails new era in DIY objects

Disrupt design: OS hails new era in DIY objects

Design : Household : OpenStructures

Future furniture: Open-source design takes centre stage

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Future furniture: Open-source design takes centre stage

Future furniture: Open-source design takes centre stage

Design : Istanbul Design Week : Istanbul Design Biennale

Custom-made: App to open clothes design to all

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Custom-made: App to open clothes design to all

Custom-made: App to open clothes design to all

Design : Garments : 3DIY Culture

Wall hanging: Pulse puts users in touch with data

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Wall hanging: Pulse puts users in touch with data

Wall hanging: Pulse puts users in touch with data

Open-source : Graph : Red

Ewe beauty: Network to help fleeced farmers

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Ewe beauty: Network to help fleeced farmers

Ewe beauty: Network to help fleeced farmers

Design : Golden Fleece : Northumbria University

Micro Trends

Open Brands

In an open-source world, brands are now creating platforms for consumers to behave as producers. With these new platforms, people can invent their ...

Open-source : PŒl Rodenius : Quirky.com

Cutting-edge: Consumers design their own chairs

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Cutting-edge: Consumers design their own chairs

Cutting-edge: Consumers design their own chairs

Do It Yourself : Different Design Every Time : London

Micro Trends

3DIY Culture

With free access to information, and a new norm of open-sourcing, a new type of DIY culture is on the rise. This is 3DIY – Design/Download/Do-It-Yo...

Design : Puma Creative Factory : Thing-O-Matic

DIY (Design it Yourself)

Design Directions

DIY (Design it Yourself)

Traditional rules of creating, marketing and doing business are being broken. A new DIY economy (as in Design/Download It Yourself) and punk-onomic...

D.I.Y : Hack : Open-source

Fruits of the forage: App lays out edible map

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Fruits of the forage: App lays out edible map

Fruits of the forage: App lays out edible map

Foraging : Rurban : Boskoi

One for the road: Open-source electric vehicle revs up

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One for the road: Open-source electric vehicle revs up

One for the road: Open-source electric vehicle revs up

Design : Vehicle : Programming

Feed back: Restaurant serves open-source experience

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Feed back: Restaurant serves open-source experience

Feed back: Restaurant serves open-source experience

DIY : Restaurants : Hospitality

Booking from the sky: New purchasing opportunities in satellite imagery

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Booking from the sky: New purchasing opportunities in satellite imagery

Booking from the sky: New purchasing opportunities in satellite imagery

Satellite : Maps : Open-source

Show and tell: Visual wiki dictionary launches with video definitions

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Show and tell: Visual wiki dictionary launches with video definitions

Show and tell: Visual wiki dictionary launches with video definitions

Visual Dictionary : Wiki-dictionary : Open-source

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