Dive into OPEN!NEXT

On this page you will find info on pilots, learnings and deliverables from OPEN!NEXT.

Sonos motors

User-designed vehicle add-ons

Together with Prototypes Berlin, Sono Motors are developing open source add-ons for the solar cell electric car.

Fiction Factory

Collaborative wood-creations

Co-designing new ways to minimize leftover wood-waste from furniture production owith WaaG.

XYZ Cargo

Customisable cargo bikes

Simple cargo bikes that easily transforms thanks to customisable add-on modules.

Stykka

Purposeful desk add-ons

Interchangeable modules and incentive models co-developed with MAKER Copenhagen

OpnTec

An open science lab in your pocket

An open source hardware add-on to Android or iPhone that allows the user to connect to potentially hundreds of available sensors. 

Sodaq

Air quality sensors by ordinary citizens

Concerned citizens being invited into the development of electronic sensors and building a community around better air quality.

Show Me the Money

Throughout five podcast episodes, we talk to open-source frontrunners, thought leaders, and experts about the business of going open.

This podcast is produced by DDC – Danish Design Center

#01 Where’s the Money in Open-Source Hardware?

The hosts introduce the Revenue Model Catalog – an open-source collection of strategic approaches and best practice examples from businesses making money by giving away their blueprint for free.

#02 The Return of the Commons – Can Open-Source Democratize Product Design?

Paul Stacey, former Associate Director of Global Learning for Creative Commons, shares some essential knowledge, insights, and inspirations about the origins of the commons, the path to where we are today, and how open-source is changing the future of product design.

#03 And Then There was RepRap – How an Open-Source Project Gave Birth to an Industry

In this episode, open-source royalty and the main protagonist behind RepRap, Adrian Bowyer, share his experiences from the RepRap project and help us reflect on the episodes-old question; going open vs. staying closed.

#04 Sharing a Little or a Lot – How Do You Decide What and How to Open Up?

We sit down with Martin Häuer of Open Source Ecology Germany to understand which options are available for businesses when navigating beyond the trenches of the closed-source economy.

#05 Building a Jurassic Park – When Patents Go Extinct, What’s the Alternative?

In this episode, we ask Jaime Arredondo to uncover the thoughts and principles behind his perhaps most bold idea to date: The Open Patent.

Open Hardware Future Talk Pt.1

Why is Open Source  such a promising alternative to traditional product creation? 

Open Hardware
Future Talks

During the pandemic, we gathered project partners and open-source enthusiasts online to discuss the benefits, possibilities and challenges of open-source hardware production.

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#1 Popular press publications

Jochem, R. (2020) The future of product creation is open and community-based. Research Outreach (113). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32907/RO-113-69

Bonvoisin, J. (2020) DIN SPEC 3105 Explained. Online publishing platform Medium, Medium Corporation, 27 August 2020. URL: https://medium.com/@journalopenhw/din-spec-3105-explained-2cce6134c207

Gogineni, S., Häuer, M., & Stark, R. (2020) OPENNEXT – IKT-Infrastrukturentwicklung für Open-Source-Hardware. Newsletter Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktentwicklung WiGeP, Ausgabe 1, April 2020. ULR: http://www.wigep.de/fileadmin/download/wigep/WiGeP-News_1_2020.pdf

#2 Project deliverables

Peters, I., Hofer, M., Voigt, C., Gloß, T.M. (2020) OPENNEXT – Deliverable 5.2: First release of prototyping improvement logic (PIL). Deposit Once, Technische Universität Berlin. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-11548

Hassan, M., Gloß, T.M. (2020) OPENNEXT: Deliverable D1.3: Open Source Development (OSD) Framework. Deposit Once, Technische Universität Berlin. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-10934

Villum, C.L., Østergaard, O.S., Lincoln, S.R., Hassan, M. (2020) OPENNEXT: First Release of the Co-creation Demonstrator Framework. Zenodo, Geneva. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923535

Voigt, C., Hofer, M., Gloss, T. M. (2020): OPENNEXT – Deliverable 5.1: Open source sociotechnical design components. Deposit Once, Technische Universität Berlin. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-11558

Gogineni, S. (2020) Deliverable 3.1 – User stories of collaborative engineering needs. Deposit Once, Technische Universität Berlin. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-9852

Mies, R. (2020). OPEN_NEXT – Deliverable 1.2: Quality Assurance Framework. Deposit Once, Technische Universität Berlin. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-9774​

#3 Scientific publications

Dai, J., Boujut, J., Pourroy, F., & Marin, P. (2020). Issues and challenges of knowledge management in online open source hardware communities. Design Science, 6, E24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dsj.2020.18​

Bonvoisin, J., Molloy, J., Häuer, M. & Wenzel, T. (2020). Standardisation of Practices in Open Source Hardware. Journal of Open Hardware, 4(1): 2, pp. 1–11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joh.22

Mies, R., Bonvoisin, J., & Stark, R. (2020). Development of Open Source Hardware in Online Communities: Investigating Requirements for Groupware. Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference, 1, 997-1006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dsd.2020.38

Boujut, J., Pourroy, F., Marin, P., Dai, J., & Richardot, G. (2019). Open Source Hardware Communities: Investigating Participation in Design Activities. Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design, 1(1), 2307-2316. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.237

Dai, X., Boujut, J.-F., Pourroy, F., & Marin, F. (2019). Correlation between process openness and collaboration tool usage in open source hardware design: an empirical study. International Journal for Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), pp 1–9. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-019-00632-0

Mies, R., Bonvoisin, J., & Jochem, R. (2019). Harnessing the Synergy Potential of Open Source Hardware Communities. In: Redlich T., Moritz M., & Wulfsberg J. (Eds.). Co-Creation. Management for Professionals, pp. 129-145. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97788-1_11

Bonvoisin, J., & Mies, R. (2018). Measuring Openness in Open Source Hardware with the Open-o-Meter. Procedia CIRP, Volume 78, pp. 388-393. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.306

Bonvoisin, J., Buchert, T., Preidel, M., & Stark, R. (2018). How participative is open source hardware? Insights from online repository mining, Design Science, Vol. 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dsj.2018.15

Bonvoisin J., Mies R., Stark R., & Jochem R. (2018). Vielfalt und Stand der Open-Source-Hardware. In: Redlich T., Moritz M., Wulfsberg J. (Eds). Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven zur Zukunft der Wertschöpfung. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden

Bonvoisin, J., Mies, R., Stark, R., & Boujut, J.-F. (2017). What is the source of open source hardware? Journal of Open Hardware, 1(1), 5. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/joh.7

Bonvoisin, J., Thomas, L., Mies, R., Gros, C., Stark, R., Samuel, K., Jochem, R., & Boujut, J.-F. (2017). Current state of practices in open source product development. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), Vol. 2: Design Processes, Design Organisation and Management, Vancouver, Canada, 21.-25.08.2017.

Bonvoisin, J., & Boujut, J.F. (2015). Open design platforms for open source product development: current state and requirements. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 15), 8—Innovation and Creativity. Milan, Italy, pp. 11–22.