Open Design

Within the broader concept of the commons, Open Design (OD) refers to a specific model of development, manufacture and distribution of products of industrial design, applied art and other physical artefacts. A defining element of this model is the open and collaborative work-flow that characterises the production of the artefacts.A French version of this article has been published as: Dusollier, S. and Margoni, T. (2017) Design ouvert, in Cornu-Volatron, M., Orsi, F. and Rochfeld, J. (eds.) Dictionnaire des Biens Communs. Series: Quadrige; dictionnaires. Presses Universitaires de France: Paris. ISBN 978213065411