The document discusses open design and how it is more than just a new way to create products. Open design changes relationships between people who make, use, and maintain objects. It advocates for small, local, connected, and open processes. The author argues that openness is important for commercial, cultural, and survival reasons.

1. INTO THE OPEN
Article by John Thackara

2. “openness is more than a commercial and cultural issue,
it’s a matter of survival.”

9. “openness is more than a commercial and cultural issue,
it’s a matter of survival.”

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13. “openness is more than a commercial and cultural issue,
it’s a matter of survival.”

17. Open Design
Small, open, local, and connected

18. Open Design
is more than just a new way to create products.
As a process, and as a culture, open design also changes
relationships among the people who make, use and
look after things.

19. Open Design
Don’t judge an object for what it is, but imagine what it could become.

20. Open Design
We need to consider what we design!

21. “openness is more than a commercial and cultural issue,
it’s a matter of survival.”