(Un)limited Design functions as an experiment in Open Design – the sharing of creative work in the same manner as open source software.
Open Design is sharing your designs with others. It allows you to use the designs made by others, copy these and even adapt the designs on the conditions that you attribute your work, will not use it commercially and will use the same license yourself. This is possible by using a free Creative Commons license.
Normally, copyright does not permit using existing designs without permission of the maker. By using the Open Designs at this website, you can! You can use the digital blueprint and produce your work at one of the participating Fablabs or at a similar space. The website provides a production manual for each design.
A Fablab uses a standard set of machines, that run on open source software when possible. This ensures the easy sharing of designs, products and knowledge between the Fablabs around the world. Anyone that uses a Fablab, is obliged to honour the Fablab charter, that contains the Fablab objectives.
By using a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike you are able to share your Open Design with others, without losing your copyright.
Creative Commons provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof.
Fablabs
Here are the names and addresses of the FabLabs that you can visit to create your designs and products:
Fablab Amsterdam
De Waag
Nieuwmarkt 4
1012 CR Amsterdam
amsterdam.fablab.nl
Fablab Utrecht
Nijverheidsweg 16
3534 AM Utrecht
protospace.nl
Fablab Den Haag
Caballero Fabriek, unit 74
Saturnusstraat 60
2516 AH Den Haag
cabfablab.nl
Fablab Groningen
Het Paleis
Boterdiep 111
9712 LM Groningen
fablabgroningen.nl
Partners
(Un)limited Design in The Netherlands is a project of Premsela, Waag Society and Creative Commons Nederland in collaboration with the Dutch FabLabs.
