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Peer2Politics
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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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jean lievens
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A growing movement that combines open source design with sustainability is creating an exciting alternative to profit-driven, proprietary sustainability products. As we face urgent issues like climate change, the ability of open source communities to quickly and inexpensively create solutions makes increasing sense. 
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We have recently published the call for proposals at the Design For Next international conference which will bring people from all over the…
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Bruce Sterling has curated an apartment in Turin, bringing together various designs to create the "open-source connected home of the future"
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Using cheap sensors and ubiquitous computing, a people’s movement has transformed science
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Stream 5 Design Question For Michel Bauwens by 21st Century Design from desktop or your mobile device
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The paper below completely transformed my understanding of education. Like architecture, education is one of those professions that seems anchored by the “weight of history.” The paper describes a Federally-funded US re-design of the high school, which attempts to remove that
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The Master of Product Design Labs carried out a range of workshops as part of Biotic City, organized by Pez Estudio. The objective was to understand the city...
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Need a great image for your blog post? How about some original music for your slideshow? Or a free textbook? Or access to historical photos or public data? Look no further than Creative Commons. A “simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice,” Creative Commons licenses are now used on a whopping one billion works.
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"'RoBLOKS" is an idea I (Grayson Sigler) have to create a modular robotic tool that is open-source, adaptable to any use and is affordable to the public. The Lumenlab RoBLOKS Gantry Robot (RoGR) is the first RoBLOKS module, and is truly a technological revolution in the making. For the first time in history, high quality robotic manufacturing is available to the public at a price point that is affordable to nearly all. As a bonus, the RoBLOKS RoGR design is modular and easily adapted to many configurations..." (http://www.lumenlab.com/robotics/)
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Can design be so amazing that it makes us feel superheroic? Can it be so poor that it angers and frustrates us? Can design actually be evil? YES says Aral Balkan emphatically in this insightful, inspiring and often hysterically funny talk.
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This article aims to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on post-capitalist construction by exploring the contours of a commons-oriented productive model. On the basis of this model called “design global-manufacture local”, we argue that recent techno-economic developments around the emergence of commons-based peer production and desktop manufacturing technologies, may signal new alternative paths of social organization. We conclude by arguing that all commons-oriented narratives could converge, thereby supporting the creative communities which are building the world they want within the confines of the political economy they aspire to transcend.
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"This policy document examines the application of social knowledge economy principles to the secondary sector of the economy, with an emphasis on manufacturing. The Introduction dissects the concept of the knowledge economy, highlighting the role of access to knowledge as the fundamental criterion for determining its character: In contrast to capitalist knowledge economies that block access to knowledge through the use of patents and restrictive IP rights, social knowledge economies use inclusive IP rights to provide free access to knowledge. In the next section, A critique of cognitive capitalism, we look at how the use of restrictive IP rights has been theoretically justified: In short, IP rights are supposed to promote innovation and productivity. However, the available empirical evidence on the effect of IP rights on innovation and productivity furnishes no such proof. On the contrary, looking at the way in which capitalist firms actually use IP rights reinforces the conclusion that they do not promote innovation, but are in fact hindering it.
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Workshop with IAAC (design)/ Fablab network (makers) and HTGAAT (biohackers)
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Communication is the tool we use to navigate change in this perishable, impermanent world. We talk about what’s happening and what’s coming. We use words to rally and activate citizens; to inform a…
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We have recently published the call for proposals at the Design For Next international conference which will bring people from all over the world in Rome to explore two different large questions:des
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Olivier Pauzet • Vice President • Sierra Wireless
The Internet of Things is booming and with millions of devices to be connected over the coming years, …
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"You never learn by doing something right cause you already know how to do it. You only learn from making mistakes and correctin
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http://www.ted.com In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is alre...
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Designer Martijn van Strien has launched a new fashion company that allows consumers to download, customise and self-assemble designs
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Fashion is a $1.2 trillion global industry, with more than $250 billion spent annually in the United States. Behind these big numbers is a big negative social and environment impact.
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Developed by a team sprinkled all over the world, the open source, eco-friendly, "no tools required" gardening kits designed by AKER aim to radically simplify urban agriculture. Whether you want to set up a rooftop garden or house a couple of chickens in your backyard, AKER has a solution for you. 1. GrowSquare
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User experience designer Aral Balkan is interested in how bad design frustrates and infuriates us -- and how good design can make us feel like superheroes. [...
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"This article aims to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on post-capitalist construction by exploring the contours of a commons-oriented productive model. On the basis of this model called “design global-manufacture local”, we argue that recent techno-economic developments around the emergence of commons-based peer production and desktop manufacturing technologies, may signal new alternative paths of social organization. We conclude by arguing that all commons-oriented narratives could converge, thereby supporting the creative communities which are building the world they want within the confines of the political economy they aspire to transcend."
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The P2P Lab is an independent media lab interested in interdisciplinary research on free/open source technologies and practices. Our mission is to:
We are constantly on the look-out for co-operation on interesting projects.
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