Community-based business models are an emerging phenomenon in business reality, particularly in new economic developments such as making. They are a form of commons-based peer production. This paper contributes to advancing research through a multiple case study of eleven community-based maker businesses. …

Offene freie Technik bezeichnet Entwürfe von technischen Objekten, die als (digitale) Daten frei, oftmals gratis, verfügbar sind zur weiteren Verwendung für alle. Offene freie Technik ist um die Jahrtausendwende als Analogie entstanden zur Free, Libre und Open Source Software, die mit der Freien-SoftwareBewegung …

Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) are publicly accessible workshops offering digital manufacturing technology and electronics tools to anyone. Fab Labs continue a tradition of places for do-it-yourself (DIY) with technology for tinkering and inventing. They stand at the beginning of what has become …

Voorwoord in "Form follows organism: the biological computer" van Emma van der Leest. ‘Form Follows Organism: The biological computer’ is a book about biodesign and the shifting role of the (product) designer.

Dit rapport brengt de opbrengsten van de Professionele Leergemeenschap Make & Design in beeld

Makersonderwijs – leren door te maken – lijkt “hot” te zijn. In de Verenigde Staten heeft maker education de aandacht en zegen van president Obama weten te verkrijgen. Ook in Nederland heeft de petitie “Leren door te maken” makersonderwijs in de politieke schijnwerpers gezet. Dit onderzoek gaat in op …

Digital media allowed for the emergence of new artistic practices and innovative modes of production. In particular, the advent of Internet and digital technologies drastically enhanced the ability for multiple authors to collaborate towards the creation of large-scale collaborative works, which stand …

In this chapter, Troxler and Van Woensel will try to identify the possible socio-technical changes that 3D printing effectuates and their larger consequences on businesses, the economy and society at large. To this end, they first track the emergence of three-dimensional printing technology. They draw …

Radical changes are happening in manufacturing. New digital technologies render manufacturing more versatile, more flexible and more accessible. "Making' has become the term to describe how ordinary individuels use these technologies as a hobby and as a route to generating business.

Digital maker communities democratize manufacturing through hands on learning, trans-disciplinary work and open source knowledge sharing. Little is known how knowledge sharing actually happens. This study applied actor-network-theory as underlying theoretical framework to a co-design project in a digital …