Open Design & Hardware Network
Open Knowledge Foundation
2012-2017

Role: 
Co-founder
Curator

Open Design & Hardware was hatched at a hackathon with Massimo Menichinelli, Christian Villum, and Primavera De Filippi, and launched in collaboration with the Open Knowledge Foundation, RMIT Europe, Aalto University Media Lab and Danish Design Centre which was active from 2012-2017. Its members worked together to understand how open design was being envisioned across disciplines, from product design to architecture, and digital production to open hardware. Projects included hosting the first-ever Open Design, Hardware and Fabrication track at the Open Knowledge Festival 2012 in Helsinki, releasing v0.1 of the new Open Design Definition on Github, launching a series of hands-on open design workshops across Europe, supporting the launch of the Public Domain Remix competition in France, and giving keynotes about open design practices at LibreGraphics 2013 Madrid and FREE CITY 2012 Tallinn.