Seven observations and research questions about Open Design and Open Source Hardware

Jérémy Bonvoisin; Robert Mies; Jean François Boujut

doi:10.1017/dsj.2021.14

Seven observations and research questions about Open Design and Open Source Hardware

Jérémy Bonvoisin, Robert Mies, Jean François Boujut

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Abstract

‘Openness’ is one of the key concepts brought forward by postindustrial narratives questioning the modern repartition of roles between industries and customers. In these narratives, citizen participation in design and intellectual property management based on open source principles are the promise of more sustainable production models. In this context, openness in product design and development has been the object of growing interest and experimentation from academia, businesses and grassroots communities. As a result, numerous concepts emerged that attempt to grasp the essence of this phenomenon, unfortunately leading to overlapping, conflicting or speculative depictions. In this article, we share the understanding we gained throughout 6 years of research on Open Design and Open Source Hardware and attempt to make the difference between myths and facts. We depict an enthusiastic but realistic picture of Open Design and Open Source Hardware practices as we could observe them and deliver a structured framework to situate concepts and their differences. From this, we share seven observations leading to seven corresponding research questions and establish a research agenda to stimulate further investigations into this socially relevant and potentially ground-breaking phenomenon.

Original language	English
Article number	e22
Journal	Design Science
Volume	7
Early online date	19 Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/dsj.2021.14
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The reported research was supported by the French–German interdisciplinary research project `Open! Methods and tools for community-based product development’ and the EU-funded project OPEN_NEXT. The project OPEN! was jointly funded by the French and German national science agencies ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, grant ANR-15-CE26-0012) and DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, grants STA 1112/13-1 and JO 827/8-1). OPEN_NEXT has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 869984.

Funding Information:
The reported research was supported by the French-German interdisciplinary research project `Open! Methods and tools for community-based product development? and the EU-funded project OPEN_NEXT. The project OPEN! was jointly funded by the French and German national science agencies ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, grant ANR-15-CE26-0012) and DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, grants STA 1112/13-1 and JO 827/8-1). OPEN_NEXT has received funding from the European Union?s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 869984.

Keywords

crowdsourcing
open source innovation
open source product development
social product development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Modelling and Simulation
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
General Engineering

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