The availability of digital technologies such as 3D printing can allow members of the public
rather than only producers, to innovate. Makerspaces, where communities of individuals …

Critics have suggested that the style of those who facilitate community-based, designled
planning and placemaking events can be biased, over-powering, manipulative, and more …

Our globalised world is encountering problems on an unprecedented scale. Many of the
issues we face as societies extend beyond the borders of our nations. Phenomena such as …

The business models of digital maker-entrepreneurs in open design are inextricably linked
to the broader open design community. Digital makers share designs on online platforms …

Abstract Taylor, Santiago, and Hynes provide a much-needed discussion on leadership,
diversity, and creating an innovative organizational culture. Original visual graphics and …

Good design relies upon the generation of good ideas, but producing ideas, especially
creative ones, is increasingly challenging. This may be due to limited relevant information …

This paper challenges the assumption that humans should naturally be given primacy over
non-human actors in the design process. New technological capabilities are starting to give …

This paper presents insights from an ethnographic study with a diverse population of makers
in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. By engaging individuals, groups and communities …

Three key concept domains are considered and explored in a unitary framework. They are:
innovation, the only possible response to global crises, aiming at transforming behaviours …

The research interest of this article-based dissertation has focused on service design
workshops and their connection to design practice. They have been studied through four …