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Ann (and others) An interesting area! We are running a day workshop at Leeds Metropolitan University on Friday 14 September entitled 'Mapping Design Activism'. Keynote speakers are Adrian Sinclair, Director of Heads Together (see http://www.heads.demon.co.uk/heads_together.html) and Professor John Wood of Goldsmith's College. The aim of the day is, through discussion, explore taxonomies of design that are engaged in social/political/communitarian/political agency. Delegates will include several design and social participation practitioners. You, and indeed, any other interested list members (eg. Nicola below), are welcome to attend. More formal publicity will be going out soon, but in the meantime please contact either of my colleagues Sandra Ashton and Debra Samuel. In my school we have a Design and Community Unit -- mostly focused around landscape architecture and urban design. Doyens of 'creative communities' such as Ezio Manzini have been visiting lecturers here. So we're very interested in the area. Cheers guy julier _________________________________________________ Professor Guy Julier The Leeds School of Architecture, Landscape and Design Leeds Metropolitan University Calverley Street Leeds LS1 3HE + 44 (0)113 283 6752 www.designculture.info www.leedsmet.ac.uk/as/artdesresearch -----Original Message----- From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Artemis Yagou Sent: 13 June 2007 23:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: open source industrial design or architecture? Dear Nicola, Ann, et.al., Have a look at my publication below, which includes some references to Open Source: "Rethinking design history from an evolutionary perspective: Background and implications." It was published in a special issue of The Design Journal (vol. 8, issue 3, 2005, 50-60). An earlier version had been presented in: design - system - evolution, 6th European Academy of Design Conference, 29-31 March 2005, Bremen. You may find a pdf of the paper at www.yagou.gr (click on "Papers") Best regards from Athens, Artemis > -----Original Message----- > From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies > and related research in Design > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicola Morelli > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:54 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: open source industrial design or architecture? > > I would suggest at least the work of the RED group (design > Council) (http://www.designcouncil.info/mt/RED/). the group > no longer exists, but its founder, Hilary Cottam, has now her > own activity (www.hilarycottam.com). > There is also a collection of cases from "creative > communities", that are meant to be the basis for a research > on open source in design for social innovation. The project > is called EMUDE (http://www.sustainable-everyday.net/EMUDE/) > and is promoted by Francois Jegou, Ezio Manzini and Anna Meroni. > Manzini is also active on the theme of open source and active welfare. > Needless to say that I'm VERY VERY interested in this theme > to. I am trying to put together some work on active welfare > using the concept of open source in design and to find > practical connection of my work with some of the above > mentioned groups (that means I'm looking for opportunities > for working with other people interested in a project in this area). > Cheers > Nicola > > Associate Professor Nicola Morelli, PhD > School of Architecture and Design > Aalborg University, Denmark > Web: www.aod.aau.dk/staff/nmor > > ________________________________ > > From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies > and related research in Design on behalf of A.B.Thorpe > Sent: Wed 13-06-2007 21:10 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: open source industrial design or architecture? > > > > Hello, > I am currently doing research (Open University dept. of > Design and Innovation) on the notion of participation, design > and sustainability. I'm looking for examples of application > of Open source methods to industrial design and architecture. > These methods are now also sometimes described as "open > sharing communities" or "open collaborative communities" when > not applied to software. > > Currently I'm aware of the OScar (open source car) project > and Thinkcycle (an MIT based open source platform for > developing alternative technologies/products). Is anyone on > the list aware of other such projects? Are there any open > source projects organized around an architectural effort? > > I suppose we could argue that the social self-build housing > projects in England in the 70s and 80s are, in effect, open > source architecture-without the digital component... > > I welcome any thoughts readers of the list may have. > > Regards, > > Ann Thorpe > To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm