Nachhaltige Nachhaltigkeitsbildung / Sustainable Sustainability Education
/ English version below / Auf der Suche nach fruchtbaren Feldern für unsere Arbeit sind wir schon vor einiger Zeit bei Bildung …
Property Rights | Schutzrechte & Open Design & Open Source Hardware
/ English Version Below / Als Designer*innen offener Hardware- und Designlösungen haben wir selten Lust, uns mit Schutzrechten zu beschäftigen. Aber die …
Modularity Creates Wealth / Modularität schafft Wohlstand
Deutsche Version unten English: There’s a new blog post from me over at the Mifactori blog. It explains why and how modularity …
Licensing Open Source Hardware – by Michael Weinberg
The book „Building Open Source Hardware“ has a really good chapter about licensing Open Source Hardware – the best I‘ve ever read, …
FFFS – Fixing Funding For Sustainability – Episode 1: Grants / Förderanträge
/ / Deutsch unten / English: Here the first episode of the video series „FFFS – Fixing Funding For Sustainability“ – a video series …
Video & Utopia: Open Source Circular Economy? / Open Source Kreislaufwirtschaft
(Deutsch unten) EN Here is a 10min explainer video on Open Source Circularity – what is it and why do we need it? If …
Project! FFFS – Fixing Funding For Sustainability, All Episodes
. ‘FFFS Fixing Funding For Sustainability’ is a video series that points out problems when it comes to funding of sustainability and …
Turn Failed Sustainability Startups Into Fertile Soil/Humus For New Ones – By Making Them Open Source
EN I have this idea for a while now and after my first interaction with the sustainability startup accelerator Climate KIC in …
Astana, Cities, Construction – And Maybe The Worlds Biggest Sustainability Problem Right Now
This August in 2017 we were invited to the WORLD EXPO in Astana Kasachstan to present the work of the Open Source Circular Economy …
Our „Circular Economy“ Is A „Spiral Economy“ Or … – A Vision
The OSCEdays Stewards are looking into creating a new definition for “Circular Economy” tfor the the OSCEdays future. I am put in …
Pre-Use – ‚A Perfect Term & Operation To Let A Circular World Emerge‘?
I came across a very good term to explain and explore circular design and inspire research about it. The term is „Pre-Use“. …
The Open Source Circular City – A SCENARIO For City HACKERS!
(Deutsch unten) tl;wr: Check This Scenario on Hacking towards the Open Source Circular City! > I was invited as a fellow to …
2017 – IPO Tables: It’s On Again!
EN – Repost from IPO Tables – The IPO tables project has been quiet for a while as other projects needed our full attention. …
Lego Meccano Hybrids
EN + DE EN: I did a little fun/art project called “Lego-Meccano-Hybrids”. Drill into Lego & combine it with Meccano/Eitech parts using also some …
‚Make It Circular‘ – An Open Poster – Ready To Download In 8+ Languages
EN In March 2017 I started an open project to develop an open instruction poster about circular making that can be downloaded …
To Make Our Cities Circular, Sustainable & Free We Need To Hack Them!
/ Deutsch unten / English: My city hacking works continues. And for this I wrote a new mission statement Why Hacking Is The …
The Urban Food Gardener (A Startup) – An Institution Of The Circular City
EN + DE EN: SUMMARY: Make a business with urban food gardening and create a corner stone for the sustainable and …
Our Digital Future, Or: With Design-Thinking To Hell
I was invited to participate in a one day workshop by an agency some consider to be amongst the leading digital forethinkers …
Don’t invent a new modular system try to use (hack into) an existing one!
(DEUTSCH & ENGLISH) EN: We are continuing our research on modularity for circularity. And we learned a very important thing: „Don’t invent …
Trumpocalypse … or ‘You got mail’
I don’t have a unique point in this blogpost. Everything I say here is common ground… at least amongst or within … …
In The TIME MACHINE to the ‚Open Source Circular City‘ of 2050
What was this for? Context provided at the end of the article (scroll down to Open Labs). ° – ‚The Time Machine‘ …
Video Series & Online Course on Business Models for Open Source Circularity
Video 1 out of 9; find ALL VIDEOS here ° I created an online course about Business Models for Open Source Hardware …
Upcoming Mifactori Events: @PlanetB – NRW-Forum Düsseldorf – 3erlin Grid, Chess- & City-Hacking Sessions
Repost from the Mifactori Blog – english / deutsch With this post we announce a large 10 day hackathon event with a …
#Economy – No one knows how the economy works! :-) | #Wirtschaft – Keiner weiß, wie die Wirtschaft funktioniert!
EN (deutsche Version ist unten) “No one knows how the economy works!” This is one of my favorite sentences. I heard it …
A Hardware Network Effect, or: Why is Mifactori using a 3x3cm Grid
I wrote a Blogpost about network effects in circular open hardware for the Mifactori Blog. It gives an introduction to the 3erlin Grid …
‚Fehler-Ausstrahlungs-Effekt‘ bei Modularität / ‚Error-Spreading-Effect‘ in Modularity
Two Mirrors of Blogposts about Modularity I wrote for the Mifactori Blog [1] The ’Fehler-Ausstrahlungs-Effekt’ / ‘Error-Spreading-Effects’ in Modularity (Meta: Post is part …
Open Source themed Xmas Calendar
EN: On initiative of Jenni we created an Open Source themed christmas calendar 2015. Each day a new window into the world of …
Exhibition: „The City Is Open Source“ in „Galerie im Park Viersen“
(en;de) Repost from The City Is Open Source Update: The Original-Posting is updated. Go to it. / Das Original-Posting is ergänzt und …
Institutions for Open Source – And the current State of Open Source
This is not a full article, just a sketch or note to myself. Writing the full article would require a lot of …
Open Source & Circular Economy Is Collaboration with UNKNOWNS
(en;–) This is only a sketch for a longer article i will probably not find the time to write. But i wanted …
The OSCEdays 2015 – My Resume – June 30, 2015
(en;–) The Documentation of the global side of the first Open Source Circular Economy Days – OSCEdays – is published. And I think …
Videos
EN & DE EN: A short selection of videos with me or from me, mostly from talks I gave. Most in english …
Open Ecosystems in China
(en,–) This posting was originally written for the Open Source Circular Economy Days (OSCEdays) Blog. Being part of the OSCEdays organisational core …
Patents & Innovation-Costs in an Open-Source-Circular-World
(en;–) This wednesday (March 5th 2015) i am going to sit on a two person podium with the patent-lawyer Dr. Dirk Schleitzer …
The work I do
(en;–) Lately i get more often asked about my work and motivations – as Artist & „Open Source Economist“. Why, What for, …
From „Products In & Waste Out“ to „Data In & Data Out“
(en; deutsche Version unten) A while ago i stumbled over a great documentary by Tristan Copley Smith and Sam Muirhead about the …
Full Business Chapter of the Book “Building Open Source Hardware”
I have a late christmas present for you. On December 23 my author’s copy of our book “Building Open Source Hardware” was …
Open Source Circular Economy / Open Source Kreislaufwirtschaft – a Mission Statement
design by jenni ottilie keppler-cc-by -source download here; (en; de) > deutsche Version unten > What is an „Open Source Circular Economy“? …
City Hacking Labs were Campus Hacking Labs @Burg Giebichenstein Halle
(en; de) Jenni & me were invited in October to the university of art and design Burg Giebichenstein in Halle Germany to …
IPO @Science Hack Day Berlin 2014
(en;–) Last Weekend we (Me, Sarah, Sebastian, Christoph) were @Science Hack Day Berlin 2014 hacking on a prototype for IPO Creating Circles. …
„Open Design“ or „Open Source Hardware“? Lets talk about what?
(en; de) There is a problem in the field of open source hardware. What do we mean with “hardware”? I know what …
Open Source Hardware & my and your Freedom #5 My Space To Think & Play
(en; de) This is the fifth posting in a series about open source hardware & freedom. It is an additional one, called …
Open Source Hardware & my & your Freedom #4 Gender Balance
(en; de) This is Posting No 4 in a series about open source hardware & freedom called “Open Source Hardware & my …
Open Standards in the Packaging Industry / Offene Standards in der Verpackungsindustrie
(en; de) by Sam Muirhead & Lars Zimmermann, (Crosspost) In our Open It Agency we are putting together a task force on …
Open Source Hardware & my & your Freedom #3 Sustainability & Global Equality
(en; de) This is Posting No 3 of 4 in a series about open source hardware & freedom called “Open Source Hardware …
Open Source Hardware & my & your Freedom #2 The Problems with Non-Commercial and “Not-For-Profit”
(en; de) This is Posting Number 2 out of 4 in a series about open source hardware & freedom called “Open Source …
Open Source Hardware & my & your Freedom #1 To Control Your Technology
(en; de) This is the first Posting out of four in a series about open source hardware & freedom called “Open Source …
Open Source Hardware & Gift Economy
(en; de) Summary: Open Source Hardware works like gift-economy in some ways. Gift-Economy means to give something away without expecting something back …
The Open Platform Design Flowchart – Mapping out your OS-Project as a Platform
(en;de) Update: There is a new iteration of the tool with Videos and Texts available here. _ The posting is a about …
Open Value Networks: A scary Panopticon for Makers?
(en;–) Update (July 2015): I wrote this article a while back (in bad english) and i want to add something to it …
JekyllBootstrap worth looking at for IPO?
(en;–) (This post is part of the IPO OSHW-Documentation Project) Last week I met with a friend of mine – Michael Hülfenhaus …
Decentralization Explained: An Open Event Calender System
(en;de) (This post is a part of the OSHW-Documentation Project) At OuiShare Fest i discussed with Josef Kreitmayer an online event calender. …
Landart-Zöpfe Fischland
Play :-) @BalticSea March 2014
OWi is new
(en; de) OWi has a new webpage and collaboration concept. It is still fresh and a lot is left to do. But …
Open Source Hardware Documentation Project #2: A SHARED GRID (introducing IPO)
(en;–) (This post is part of an OSHW DOCU Project) (Update: I created a project where we develop a simple prototype experimenting …
Open Source Hardware Documentation Project #1: ASSUMPTIONS
(en;–) (This is part of my open source hardware documentation project.) I was planning to present this in a video. I prepared …
Butterfly Flattern
Butterflys 1 – 8 made by Lars Zimmermann, Licence: Public Domain (CC0) Free Culture Remix . . . SEE THEM ALL > …
Regenerative Open Structures
(deutsche Version unten) How to build a regenerative, cradle to cradle, waste-free world? Everything needs to be desgined eceoffective: in a way …
Open it Agency – Open Source
(en;de) Tada! Wir haben eine Agentur gegründet. Die Open it Agentur will Open Source voranbringen: Wir helfen Unternehmen, Städten und Projekten das …
Open Source It Manual Vs 1.1
(en;de) Tada! Version 1.1 des OWi Open Source It Manuals ist da. Die neue Version ist inspiriert von einigen Quellen, die erst …
Open Source Hardware & Design Business Model Workshop @Betahaus Berlin
(en;–) On Jan 23rd 2014, 18:00 – 21:30, there will be a workshop @Betahaus Berlin (Open Design City) about Open Source Hardware …
Biodegradable Streetart Rat, 25. Dez. 2013
(en;–) At my weekend-project Berlin Rats i created a biodegradable rat ☺. Watch it biodegrade. Follow this blog. See more at the …
Berlin Rats Streetart Project started
(en;–) Started my Weekend-Project „Berlin Rats“ this weekend. The project is about creating a streetart object & in the end build 1000+ …
Mifactori – Hardware Design Company
(2015* – ACTIVE) ENGLISH: Mifactori is a Studio for Open Design, Environmental Activism,Creative Urbanism & Anti-Consumerism. We pilot and develop Design Approaches, …
IPO tables – Open Source Hardware Documentation & Circular Economy
(2013* – PRE-ACTIVE) How to document hardware fit for circular economy and rich collaboration? Wie „open sourced“ man Hardware in einer Weise, …
Baubus
(2012, 2015* PREACTIVE) Baubus is an open system of regenerative building bricks & boxes for kids. Baubus ist ein offenes System mit …
Business Models for Open Source Hardware & Open Design
(2013* – ACTIVE) I research and explore Business Models for Open Source Hardware since 2013. This work has gone through several iterations …
OPEN SOCIETY / degree programme / Studiengang
(2014* – PREACTIVE) This project is about developing a degree programme. The working title for the project and degree programme (master of …
OWi Open Source It Manual Vs1.0
(en;de) (Scroll down for english version) „FREIHEIT IST DIE BESTE PLATTFORM“
Sharing Open Source @Burg Giebichenstein
(en;–) This week from monday to wednesday i was in Halle (Germany) at the university Burg Giebichenstein as part of a workshop on …
Interview at Partizaning.org
(en;–) Anton (Make Make) made an interview with me for partizaning.org in context of the OPENiT Festival. Partizaning is a very famous …
CITY HACKING ACADEMY No1
(en;de) Letzte Woche gab es die erste City Hacking Academy. No1. Es war inspirierend und schön. Es gab Antworten auf einige Fragen …
CARGO BIKE SPACE City Hack
(en;de) Letzte Woche haben wir eine kleine Aktion gemacht. | We did a little thing last week. Cargobike Lade- & Entlade- & …
Mit Hacken auf ins grüne Glück
(en;de) Hackerkultur für eine nachhaltiges Morgen? Hacken ist der einzig valide Weg in eine nachhaltige Zukunft. Hacken muss Mainstream werden! (Repost) {Haeckse} …