Required Course Reading

OPEN DESIGN NOW - WHY DESIGN CANNOT REMAIN EXCLUSIVE

From the OPEN DESIGN NOW site

In 2011, the book Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive was published. This publication examines current developments in the emerging open design movement and looks ahead to its future. The book features 16 essays, 21 case studies, a 72-page Visual Index and 20 provocative “adverts”. Key figures from the world of open design tell us what’s changing at the production and distribution level, which consequences and possibilities open design presents for the profession, and what design’s social significance is today and will be tomorrow. —> Read More