In the last decades, researchers in Human-computer interaction (HCI) took numerous efforts
to investigate people's social media interaction. To understand how researchers in HCI have …

A growing number of cities are deploying circular economy practices to contribute to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Makerspaces are community-driven initiatives …

Highlights•People do not only purchase and use products; they design, appropriate and
innovate.•Research on active users in different fields highlight different characteristics.•We …

Maker communities have been widely popularized during the last decade throughout the
development of numerous shared spaces in the form of makerspaces, fab labs and …

Abstract Digitalisierung, Inklusion und Nachhaltigkeit stellen zentrale Perspektiven für die
Weiterentwicklung von Schule dar, nicht zuletzt in Form von Bildungskonzepten wie …

Open-source is a decentralized and collaborative method of development that encourages
open contribution from an extensive and undefined network of individuals. Although …

Design has an important role in shaping the modes of production, consumption and
disposal. Decisions made early in the product, service and system development influence …

As digital fabrication machines have become more accessible and widely available,
practitioners in maker communities have become increasingly responsive to the …

Abstract The Maker Movement emerged in the last decades through a mix of both bottom-up
and top-down initiatives, promotions, communities and companies, informal …

This doctoral thesis investigates how the field of fashion design is affected by the current
transformations in technological environments of" fashion 4.0". Contributing to fashion …