About this Event
How do you get started with open-source? , Project Lead on the EU Horizon 2020 project , invites you to the DDC office at BLOX this September to find out.
In this free seminar, you are:
- Introduced to the principles and potentials of open-source product development, supplemented with inspirational examples from successful hardware companies
- Introduced to our open-source toolkit specifically designed to help you map out your business’ ecosystem and explore future scenarios for open product creation
With the European Union’s launch of the Sustainable Productive Initiative and the ever-expanding Right-to-repair movement, the future of product design calls for more sustainable, inclusive, and alternative ways of development. One such alternative is open-source hardware or OSH: A break away from traditional patents that promote the free sharing of knowledge, resources, and design files via open licenses and online documentation.
As part of the pan-European H2020 project OPENNEXT, we at DDC have spent the past three years exploring the monetary and societal benefits of giving away your blueprint for free. Open-source product creation covers both circular and distributed design and provides a promising alternative to the current way designers develop and manufacture products. Amongst others, we’ve assisted Danish furniture company Stykka in exploring open-source business development, helped MEKANIKA strategize the decentralization of their Research & Development, and, together with MAKER Viadukten, enabled The Refrigeration Project to engage citizens and designers in the co-development of an off-grid refrigerator.
From 2019 to 2022, the EU Horizon 2020 project OPENNEXT brought together 18 SMEs and four makerspaces from across Europe. The project is closely supported by a pan-European consortium consisting of 19 open-source research, business, community, and design experts, to facilitate the co-development of new methods, modes of creation, tools, and guides for open source product development. DDC has been a leading expert on the element of design, community support, and business development.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Danish Design Center, Bryghuspladsen 8, Copenhagen , Denmark
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