Designing within the Open Source Circular Economy
Four days of discourse, workshops and face-to-face learning commenced today at Helsinki’s Open Source Circular Economy jamboree. As the event’s title suggests this is where the practices and ethics of the open source movement come together with those seeking to
Designing within the Open Source Circular Economy
Four days of discourse, workshops and face-to-face learning commenced today at Helsinki’s Open Source Circular Economy jamboree. As the event’s title suggests this is where the practices and ethics of the open source movement come together with those seeking to
Change the present now! Agents of Alternatives is launched
It is a while since I penned some words for window874. There are a multitude of reasons, but one of the larger ones comes in a 480page co-edited limited edition book called Agents of Alternatives: Re-designing Our Realities, a compendium
Change the present now! Agents of Alternatives is launched
It is a while since I penned some words for window874. There are a multitude of reasons, but one of the larger ones comes in a 480page co-edited limited edition book called Agents of Alternatives: Re-designing Our Realities, a compendium
The Ecologies of Social Engagement
At the Cumulus Conference in Aveiro, 8-10 May 2014, called ‘What’s On: Cultural diversity, Social Engagement, Shifting education’, I participated in the Social Engagement theme as a co-chair. In this post I pick out some highlights from the papers
The Ecologies of Social Engagement
At the Cumulus Conference in Aveiro, 8-10 May 2014, called ‘What’s On: Cultural diversity, Social Engagement, Shifting education’, I participated in the Social Engagement theme as a co-chair. In this post I pick out some highlights from the papers
Agents of Alternatives – what’s new!
A quick update on the collaborative book, started here at window874. We recently launched and shared our crowd funding campaign at sponsume: http://www.sponsume.com/project/agents-alternatives-redesigning-our-realities which will still be up and running for 6 more days, so you can secure yourself a unique
Agents of Alternatives – what’s new!
A quick update on the collaborative book, started here at window874. We recently launched and shared our crowd funding campaign at sponsume: http://www.sponsume.com/project/agents-alternatives-redesigning-our-realities which will still be up and running for 6 more days, so you can secure yourself a unique
DRESS for summer – an Open collection!
We would like to invite you to the second MODE UNCUT project: 2 days of OPEN designing & making clothes 24th & 25th of May @ Made in Kallio, Vaasankatu 14, Helsinki (Finland) Program: Saturday 24.05.2014: Open Summer Collection Magazine
DRESS for summer – an Open collection!
We would like to invite you to the second MODE UNCUT project: 2 days of OPEN designing & making clothes 24th & 25th of May @ Made in Kallio, Vaasankatu 14, Helsinki (Finland) Program: Saturday 24.05.2014: Open Summer Collection Magazine
Agents of Alternatives – make it a reality!
Here at window874 we have been working on an independently published book called Agents of Alternatives: Re-designing Our Realities. It explores the visions, projects, tools and impacts of diverse change agents who are designing and making things happen, creating new
Agents of Alternatives – make it a reality!
Here at window874 we have been working on an independently published book called Agents of Alternatives: Re-designing Our Realities. It explores the visions, projects, tools and impacts of diverse change agents who are designing and making things happen, creating new
Re-languaging
Fresh thoughts….as stimulated by The Handbook of Design for Sustainability, Stuart Walker and Jacques Giard. eds. (2013) Bloomsbury. As John Thackara notes in the forward to this 550 page tome, this collection of writing gives an historical and theoretical reflection
Re-languaging
Fresh thoughts….as stimulated by The Handbook of Design for Sustainability, Stuart Walker and Jacques Giard. eds. (2013) Bloomsbury. As John Thackara notes in the forward to this 550 page tome, this collection of writing gives an historical and theoretical reflection
Reflective consumption
Figure 1. Teresa showing Sirpa how the ‘half-made’ mittens are stitched together. As part of our on-going activities to explore design’s role in creating new ‘value propositions’ for emergent enterprise models, we ran a three day Pop-Up Shop in Lahti,
Reflective consumption
Figure 1. Teresa showing Sirpa how the ‘half-made’ mittens are stitched together. As part of our on-going activities to explore design’s role in creating new ‘value propositions’ for emergent enterprise models, we ran a three day Pop-Up Shop in Lahti,
The Open Fashion Design Pop-Up Shop
The Open Fashion Design Pop-Up Shop, 30. Jan – 1. Feb 2014, Lahti, Finland We are welcoming designers, sellers and participants from the 30th Jan. – 1st Feb. 2014 to the first Open Fashion Design Pop-up shop! It is a
The Open Fashion Design Pop-Up Shop
The Open Fashion Design Pop-Up Shop, 30. Jan – 1. Feb 2014, Lahti, Finland We are welcoming designers, sellers and participants from the 30th Jan. – 1st Feb. 2014 to the first Open Fashion Design Pop-up shop! It is a
MODE UNCUT – to challenge the existing
MODE UNCUT The Open Fashion Design Network – Re-patterning the fashion industry, stitch by stitch! Yesterday, the 14th January 2014 we soft launched the recently established Open Fashion Design Network: MODE UNCUT. MODE UNCUT aims to challenge the existing system
MODE UNCUT – to challenge the existing
MODE UNCUT The Open Fashion Design Network – Re-patterning the fashion industry, stitch by stitch! Yesterday, the 14th January 2014 we soft launched the recently established Open Fashion Design Network: MODE UNCUT. MODE UNCUT aims to challenge the existing system
Open participatory clothing design. Project: Make{able}
Open participatory clothing design. Project: Make{able} – Exploring new relationships between designers, producers and consumers. The current fashion industry with its fast production and consumption cycles is unable to sustain in the future. It requires a high resource input, to generate cheap
Open participatory clothing design. Project: Make{able}
Open participatory clothing design. Project: Make{able} – Exploring new relationships between designers, producers and consumers. The current fashion industry with its fast production and consumption cycles is unable to sustain in the future. It requires a high resource input, to generate cheap
Cross-disciplinary action at Cumulus event
Visit the ‘Venice of Portugal’, the city of Aveiro, just one hour south of Porto for a genuinely cross-disciplinary conference engaging the arts, design, digital media and music. Next year’s Cumulus conference, 8-10 May 2014, is suitably themed “What’s On:
Cross-disciplinary action at Cumulus event
Visit the ‘Venice of Portugal’, the city of Aveiro, just one hour south of Porto for a genuinely cross-disciplinary conference engaging the arts, design, digital media and music. Next year’s Cumulus conference, 8-10 May 2014, is suitably themed “What’s On:
Seminar: Mapping Alternative Fashion Economies
HalfWay Fashion invites you to join our seminar/workshop: 04. 12. 2013, 10am-3pm, Aalto ARTS, Mediafactory, Hämmentie 135A, Helsinki MAPPING ALTERNATIVE FASHION ECONOMIES! From passive overconsumption to active co-creation. This seminar aims to inspire fashion and other designers and design students to
Seminar: Mapping Alternative Fashion Economies
HalfWay Fashion invites you to join our seminar/workshop: 04. 12. 2013, 10am-3pm, Aalto ARTS, Mediafactory, Hämmentie 135A, Helsinki MAPPING ALTERNATIVE FASHION ECONOMIES! From passive overconsumption to active co-creation. This seminar aims to inspire fashion and other designers and design students to
Designing with(in) communities
I’ve just returned from Campeche in the Yuccatan peninsula, Mexico, where I contributed to Aalto Mexico Lab II, an on-going exploration in design education with a Mayan community called 20deNoviembre. I was invited by Susu Nousala, a post-doctoral researcher at
Designing with(in) communities
I’ve just returned from Campeche in the Yuccatan peninsula, Mexico, where I contributed to Aalto Mexico Lab II, an on-going exploration in design education with a Mayan community called 20deNoviembre. I was invited by Susu Nousala, a post-doctoral researcher at
Agents of Alternatives
I’d like to introduce a new project to all existing and aspiring ‘agents of change’… Agents of Alternatives is an ‘open book’ conceived and co-ordinated by myself, Katharina Moebus, Anja-Lisa Hirscher and Catherine Keubel. It is a work-in-progress whose development
Agents of Alternatives
I’d like to introduce a new project to all existing and aspiring ‘agents of change’… Agents of Alternatives is an ‘open book’ conceived and co-ordinated by myself, Katharina Moebus, Anja-Lisa Hirscher and Catherine Keubel. It is a work-in-progress whose development
Exploring open source fashion business models
EXPLORING OPEN SOURCE FASHION BUSINESS MODELS Experimenting with designing & making & creating new values. OPEN CO-DESIGN WORKSHOP at Helsinki Design Week Sat. 21.09.2013, Made in Kallio, Vaasankatur 14, Helsinki In this open co-design workshop, participants will create and discover diverse
Exploring open source fashion business models
EXPLORING OPEN SOURCE FASHION BUSINESS MODELS Experimenting with designing & making & creating new values. OPEN CO-DESIGN WORKSHOP at Helsinki Design Week Sat. 21.09.2013, Made in Kallio, Vaasankatur 14, Helsinki In this open co-design workshop, participants will create and discover diverse
Re:make Festival in Platoon Kunsthalle Berlin 11.-15.9.2013
These weeks seem to be quite oversaturated with exciting events to participate in – another interesting event worthwhile promoting (even if it’s a little last minute) is the Re:make festival in Platoon Kunsthalle Berlin. It kicks off today in the
Re:make Festival in Platoon Kunsthalle Berlin 11.-15.9.2013
These weeks seem to be quite oversaturated with exciting events to participate in – another interesting event worthwhile promoting (even if it’s a little last minute) is the Re:make festival in Platoon Kunsthalle Berlin. It kicks off today in the
OER Conference in Berlin 14.-15.9.2013
OER stands for Open Educational Resources and will be lead theme of the OER conference in Berlin this upcoming weekend, organized and set up by Wikimedia Germany. There will be an exciting range of speakers from Germany, the Netherlands, the United
OER Conference in Berlin 14.-15.9.2013
OER stands for Open Educational Resources and will be lead theme of the OER conference in Berlin this upcoming weekend, organized and set up by Wikimedia Germany. There will be an exciting range of speakers from Germany, the Netherlands, the United
Open Market of Experiments
Today is a unique event co-created and co-designed by 140 masters students from the Department of Design, Aalto ARTS (Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Archtitecture) in Helsinki, Finland. At 6pm in Karhupuisto, a small park in the Kallio
Open Market of Experiments
Today is a unique event co-created and co-designed by 140 masters students from the Department of Design, Aalto ARTS (Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Archtitecture) in Helsinki, Finland. At 6pm in Karhupuisto, a small park in the Kallio
Lending actions power through pages
Amber Hickey is an artist, researcher and book editor who has a special focus on art activism and is currently based in Santa Cruz, California. She is editor of the book A Guidebook of Alternative Nows (2012, Journal of Aesthetics
Lending actions power through pages
Amber Hickey is an artist, researcher and book editor who has a special focus on art activism and is currently based in Santa Cruz, California. She is editor of the book A Guidebook of Alternative Nows (2012, Journal of Aesthetics
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