prototype in the future tense [dundee scotland]

Tools & Tool-Makers of the Bazaar

Craft in the Future TenseDundee, Scotland - June 10th, 2010

What artifacts should we make?

Who will make them?

How?

Michelangelo, Model for the façade of San Lorenzo Steven Holl, Model for Linked Hybrid

Future CraftRadical Sustainability in Product Design

Trends

1.Open 2.Niche3.Specific4.Virtuosic5.Sustainable

1.Open

OPEN DATACopyleft & Creative Commons describe content that is

intended to be copied*[Open Data describes content that is free to everyone]

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWAREThe Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) Ideology describes the right to make derivative works*[The GNU Public License (GPL) obligates derivatives to be free/open]

*sometimes limited to non-commercial use and/or requiring attribution

Convergence

Tools Artifacts

Cathedral Bazaar

Who Participates? Employees Volunteers

What do they contribute? Modules Modules, Applications

How do they contribute? Hierarchically & Collaboratively

Hierarchically & Collaboratively

Why do they contribute? Money Functionality,Community,Politics

Framework adapted from Malone, Laubacher, Dellarocas’ Collective Intelligence Genome

The Cathedral & the Bazaar

The Cathedral & the Bazaar

Google GeoEye1 and Google Maps

The Cathedral & the Bazaar

Grassrootsmapping.org

Open Design

Arduino Open-Source Microcontroller Studio 5050 Wearable Electronics Kit

Open Design

Openprosthetics.org

Open Design

The Whirlwind Wheelchair Project

2.Niche

From Chris Anderson

2.Niche

Etsy.com International Fashion Machines

3. Specific

MBTA ChallengeICANN

3. Specific

3. Specific

Reprap.org

4.Virtuosic

G-speak system at RISDFront Design

5. Sustainable

One Laptop Per Child

What artifacts should we make?Who will make them?

How?

leo@sourcemap.org