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Newsletter N°05 August 2011
In this issue:
- Pixelache workshop: How to co-design an Open Design community (Helsinki, Finland)
Massimo Menichinelli has been invited by Pixelache
to host a workshop about how to organize an Open
Design community with a collaborative process. The
workshop will take place next September in
Helsinki (Finland).
Pixelache Helsinki is a multi-disciplinary platform for developing and presenting experimental art, design and research projects. Amongst Pixelache's fields of interest are: experimental interaction and electronics; grassroot organising and networks; politics and economics of media/technology; VJ culture and audiovisual performances; media literacy and engaging environmental issues. You can read more about Pixelache here.
The workshop will be part of Pixelversity, the outreach & education programme of Pixelache Helsinki scene around the year.
The lectures and the workshop will cover these
issues:
- What is Open Design and
how is it changing design?
- How can we organize an Open Design community?
- Which are the technologies (software and
manufacturing) that enable Open Design?
- Which are the markets and the business models
for Open Design?
Date: Friday – Saturday 16-17 + 23-24.9.2011
Open Lectures (evening):
- 16.9.2011 Open (P2P) Design
- 23.9.2011 Business models for Open Design
Workshop:
17.9.2011 and 24.9.2011 (full day)
REGISTRATION
There is room for 20-30 participants, so please
register before 1st of September 2011, and a
notification of acceptance will be given on 7th of
September 2011. Please send an e-mail to info@openp2pdesign.org
with these information:
- Name
- Place
- Short bio (200 words)
- Motivations / proposal for projects and
communities to study (300 words)
- Operating System (you should bring your own
laptop and we can help you with the software)
Materials: bring your own laptop!
Fee: Free for the Open Lectures, 50 € for the workshop
Where: Pixelache Office, Kaapelitehdas/Cable Factory
Map: Tallberginkatu 1 C 23 (4. Kerros/Floor), Helsinki. Address on Google Maps here.
For further details see here:
http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/pixelversity/programme-2011/open-p2p-design/
And there's also an event page in Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134399196636025&ref=ts
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