Open Call for Humanitarian Design Challenges

Would you like your product-related Humanitarian Design Challenge solved for free? Do you have a brilliant idea for an innovative product for the beneficiaries of your mission-driven organization o…

On the blind spots of the Blockchain | P2P Foundation

Blockchain is just a turbo-charged replay of the same destructive, reductive, and speculative patterns of national currencies.

AtFAB: Design for Digital Tools & Distributed Manufacturing

AtFAB designs simple, modern, functional furniture and home goods that are made with distributed manufacturing and digital tools. Every design starts as a digital file that is sent globally for 'fabrication at' a local, digital workshop.

Reinventing Startups

Once we have come to realize that the Silicon Valley model of startup-based innovation is not for the betterment of people and planet, but is a hyper-accelerated version of the existing growth-base…

The Fairy Tale of the Unicorn and the Zebras

Once upon a time hippies where roaming the world. They were a happy bunch, living in freedom and spiritual abundance. A small group of them lived in a place called California, or to be more specifi…

Should you donate to Open Source Software? – Diderik van Wingerden – Medium

In short: yes, you should! If you are a regular user and can afford it. For the longer version: read on. In this article I will explain…

The Invisible Hole in Doughnut Economics – Diderik van Wingerden – Medium

Doughnut Economics is one of the best books I have read in the past few years. But it seems I found an Invisible Hole in the model.

Open Source Microfactory Boot Camp | Open Source Ecology