Opening-up Project

https://www.opendesk.cc/ and  http://www.sketchchair.cc/

Are two websites, where you either design your desk or your own chair. But is it totally your own design?
I think the main design is from 'opendesk' or 'sketchchair' and that you as a user can adjust there main design and to create your own taste, but the base line will stay the same.

https:/https://www.fairphone.com/

A very interesting website for the people now a days. We all have a smart-phone, but how fair is your phone? Do you know where and how it has been made? Or better yet, from what kind of products it has been made?
On the website of fairphone they give a clear explanation of how they create and design a 'fairphone' and the most awsome part of this is, that you can buy your own 'Fairphone'

https://www.ponoko.com/

Ponoko is an 'Open Design' platform where you can find made products,blue prints and new designs.
But is this 'Ponoko' totally open?
For my opinion this website is not totally open. Why? Open Design for me is designs and idea's should be open for anyone. 'Ponoko'shares such idea's but on the other side, they sell designed products, idea's and even blue prints. Than is this 'Ponoko' still open?

Arduino workshop

Manifest 'Open Design'

This is all the pollution we created during our proces of making the salad spinner. We acknowledge the sum of production of pollution during our proces. Because of this experiance I adjusted Manifest of Open Source & Design.

I acknowledge the problem by trying to make this product by myself without connecting with real designers. If I had done that, it would have been 1. Easier to make the product work.  2. To sustain the amount of pollution during our process.

So because of this experience I wrote down a Manifest of how I think Open design should be acknowledged. 

‘It is not just a way to design products, but it must also be part of everyday life. ‘

I will:

·                     find opportunities to design in the open

·                     share my design experiences; both the good and the bad

·                     find time for meaningful projects

·                     openly participate in design discussions

·                     work with other designers by choice

·                     improve my toolbox

·                     The knowledge of trying a adhocism solution, before developing something new

·                     Sharing of knowledge how to make a sustainable production

·                     Find a solution by using sustainable material 

·                     The designer should think about the natural and cultural systems

·                     The whole process of making a product should be accessible to everyone

·                     Making existing products more resource efficient

‘The designer should think about the natural and cultural systems’ this would be one of the most important thing to think about before opening up, or before designing a new product. How can we encourage new users and designers create with sustainable material and how can we make existing products more resource efficient?

To do this we should acknowledge to design for sustainability with a focus on people considers ways of satisfying fundamental human needs. Here lies the greatest potential benefit: different satisfiers have different implications not only for people but also for other factors such as the environment. A focus on needs and the ways that needs are satisfied does not exclude the design and production of products, services or systems. Conversely, a focus on the design of products, services and systems cannot promote sustainable consumption without consideration of people's needs. Implicit in this is a requirement for designers to engage with issues underlying consumer actions, to understand behavior in many contexts, and to connect with people's aspirations and expectations.

Designing for sustainability, we address the design dimension of environmental and social crisis explicitly by using the concept of design for sustainability. Use Instead of an aesthetic, the ideas embodied in the design to link sustainability and alliances between people and their environment and are not tied to an individual design profession. Here they can use various platforms where professional designers and non-professionals can communicate with each other about there idea’s. A good and environmentally friendly product by helping each other is one of the most important points. By sharing knowledge also shows how open and accessible open design is.

 - Process for the manufacture of products should be durable expired.

- Selected material goods must be durable.

- Products of our daily lives that we use are durable, but also accessible to ourselves to make / repair.

- Sharing of knowledge in the field of sustainable production.

- With its open design process and product came about in a sustainable manner.

-Decisions that the designers participate in open design should take into account industrial, natural and cultural systems.

-The whole process of making a product to be accessible to everyone

 Links

·         http://enviro.doe.gov.my/lib/digital/1384866225-3-s2.0-B978008043920450015X-main.pdf

·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thackara

·         http://opendesignnow.org/index.php/tag/recycling/

·         http://opensourcedesign.is/

AdHocism

Adhocism in my own bathroom

Adhocism is never pretty, but it is necessary.

The below part out of the Manifest of Adhocism fits my solution in the bathroom.

The picture sais it all 'Adhocism badly done is a lazy put-together of different things'

Swabs keeping the showerhead steady.

John Thackara & Bas van Abel

John Thackara

Mister John Thackara has a different vision when it comes to 'Opening things'. He stands for the sustainability of a product. This is what he wants to say to all the 'Open designers'. I like his way of thinking that it is important to think about the surtain sustainability of a product and of material that will be used by designers. He wants to make the designers aware of surtain things before they develope a new product, or by opening things. Designers should be aware of the industrie and the culture systems.

Bas van Abel

In the society in which we live today is the manufacture and use of products shifted to the edges of our cities or even other continents . First, this took place in the local area . As a result, a number of questions . One of them is the following. How can we expect people to understand these complexities ? And are we actively working on it , how do we make people feel ownership and how they can take responsibility ? An active owner of an object is involved in the process of creation, production and adaptation . In the "openness " of a product / object is not just to design it. It's also about the organizational and sometimes political context in which the product is made . It is the intangible systems and processes behind a product . This is called 'dark matter' . In open products is about to bring out the 'dark matter' and to understand. This is done at the fair phone . Here they tried to tell a story about the telephone. Doing this creates a dialogue between all parties involved , the 'dark matter' is brought to the surface . So we can figure out what is needed to change the phone which is a produced our system.

About OXO

OXO

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OXO Consumer Services

Mission

OXO is dedicated to providing innovative consumer products that make everyday living easier.

Design Philosophy

OXO was founded in 1990 on the philosophy of Universal Design, which means the design of products usable by as many people as possible. For OXO, that means designing products for young and old, male and female, lefties and righties and many with special needs. The goal of making products more usable forces us to first identify problems and inefficiencies of existing products (including our own!), not only in terms of comfort, but performance as well. This gives us the foundation to meet our commitment of making products that make a tangible improvement in peoples' daily lives.

Annual Growth:

Between 1991 and 2009, OXO’s annual growth rate in sales was 27%.

Distinguishing Feature:

Universal Design - A philosophy of making products that are easy to use for the widest possible spectrum of users.

Satisfaction Guarantee:

We guarantee everything we make! If for any reason you are not satisfied with an OXO product, return it for replacement or refund. Please contact OXO's customer service department and we will be happy to assist you.

Meaning of OXO:

OXO's founder, Sam Farber, chose the name "OXO" because whether it's horizontal, vertical, upside down or backwards, it always reads "OXO."

Pronunciation:

We hear a lot of interpretations of the pronunciation of the name, the most common being "hugs & kisses" or "Oh-X-Oh." The official pronunciation is "Ox-Oh."

Most Popular OXO Tool Among OXOnians

The OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner ranks the most popular which, not surprisingly, is one of the most popular items among consumers.

Our Favorite Hobbies

We are a diverse group here with almost as many answers provided as there are OXOnians, but somehow it works. Most prefer to be outdoors, whether that's running, hiking, biking or going to the beach. Travel and reading are also very popular. Among our readers, most still prefer to curl up with a good old-fashioned book (instead of an e-reader).

Pet Preference

We're most definitely dog people.

WIKIPEDIA

Wiki Salad Spinner

History

A salad spinner, also known as a "salad tosser", is a kitchen tool used to wash and remove excess water from salad greens. It uses centrifugal force to separate the water from the leaves. This is necessary in order to keep the greens from going limp and enable salad dressing and oil to stick to the leaves. Although devices used to wash, dry and spin salad have long been in existence, including one specimen from the 19th century, the modern mechanism-operated spinner originated in the early 1970s. 

Salad spinners are usually made from plastic and include an outer bowl with an inner removable colander or strainer basket. A cover, which fits around the outside bowl, contains a spinning mechanism that when initiated causes the inside strainer to rotate rapidly. The water is driven though the slits in the basket into the outer bowl. There are a number of different mechanisms used to operate the device, including crank handles, push buttons and pull-cords. The salad spinner is generally easy to use, though its large and rigid shape has led to criticism; the product is often considered bulky, space consuming and difficult to store.

New style spinner
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner

Oil-based salad dressings adhere best to greens that are completely dry — and the OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner makes rinsing and drying your nutritious greens fun and easy.

Simply press the soft, non-slip knob to start the basket spinning. Simple, one-handed operation makes this Spinner a pleasure to use, and a built-in brake stops the Salad Spinner so you can unload it. A non-slip ring keeps the bowl steady on the countertop, and the basket and bowl can be used separately.

The Spinner basket doubles as a colander for rinsing greens, the clear bowl doubles as a salad bowl, and the entire spinner is dishwasher safe.

Materials, dimensions and capacities 

Material: Plastic 

Length x Width: 27 x 27 cm 

Height: 15.5 cm 

Height: 27 cm 

Weight: 1 kg

• Simple, one-hand operation 

• Patented pump mechanical and brake button 

• Soft, non-slip button click away for compact storage 

• Non-slip feet keep the stable spin on the worksheet 

• Basket and bowl can be used separately 

• Lid is to pick apart for easy cleaning 

• Dishwasher safe, top rack 

• BPA vrij26, 5 cm. Scale 5,8 l; basket 4,6 l.

From drying salad to showing animations.

After his original form and use of the salad spinner. The 'Zootrope' got a new form and shows animation by turning the handle. The newest model has been developed on April 2014 by Daniella de Windt and Varshana Kesharie, both studends from the Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam. These designers developed a new use and gave the salad spinner a new purpose. Not to dry lettuce, but to show animations, by just turning a handle.

Failed attempts fixing lid zoötroop a.k.a salad spinner

First attempt                     Blue print gears.

http://www.robives.com/blog/laser_cut_planetary_gear_win

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 pic. 2

 pic. 3

 pic. 4

The plastic gears from picture 3 and 4 where to weak and the holes were to small to make a screw fit.

After many attempts we had to let this project go.

Second attempt
Next attempt was to open up a DVD player and to use the turning mechanism in to the zoötroop.

The below DVD-player was not working for a couple a years. The DVD-player did not read the DVD's anymore. But the turning mechanisme inside was still working.

So the idea was to 'Open up' the DVD-player and to see if the turning mechanisme would work in the zootrope.

The turning mechanisme as showed above, was only working when the integrated circuit board got a signal from the player, that there is a DVD to read. But because it was dettached from the integrated circuit board, it could only work by the motor. Unfortunately it did not wanted to turn by itself. Also this attempt has failed. But the good thing about this attempt is, that the DVD player is working again.

Third attempt

The third and last attempt was to use a part of a juicer.

We did not wanted to use a new juicer but a second hand. Unfortunately we could not find a second hand juicer. So we tried with a new juicer, see below pictures. The turning part of this juicer is to big for the hole of the lid of the lid of the salad spinner. Also this attempt had failed. 

Walkman Taxonomy/Disassemblage

Sony Walkman WM-F2015 Cassette Player / Radio - 1990 Vintage

Research 'How to fix the salad spinner lid'

The salad spinner lid is broken. The push device of the lid, what is the most importent part of the spinner.

This lid, will make the bowl spin, and that is how the salad will dry.

How to fix the lid, we researched products with the same turning mechanism as we figured out from our Salad spinner.

First product: Ashtray with a turning lid.

If you push the knob, the lid will turn so the ash will fall in the tray.

See pic. 1 and 2.

In the movie, you can see the moving lid and turning motion.

 Pic 1.

 Pic 2.

        

The same pin as in the Ashtray and the salad spinner are in a so called 

'Pin hand drill'

In the below pictures 3 and 4 you can see how the turning part are visible.

 Pic. 3

 Pic. 4

We tried different attemps by fixing the lid of the spinner. In the topic 'Failed attempts' you can see what we tried.

Try out Salade centrifuge

First attempt using the (broken) salad spinner

Second attempt (Adhocism)

Zoötroop Animations

Try different animations, so you can see what works the best.

We tried some from the internet and we developed some of our own. 

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From Salad centrifuge to Zoötroop

The original Salad spinner from OXO

How to get from a (broken) salad spinner to a zoötroop

If your salad spinner is broken, you can always make a zoötroop out of it. 
Our salad spinner is not spinning anymore. Probably there is a piece of the turning mechanisme broken. So if the salad spinner, cant spin dry the salad you can:  1. throw it away or 2. fix the spinning device and turn the salad spinner into a  zoötroop.

Below you will find in a view steps how to fix your salad spinner and to transform it into a zoötroop.

 Step 1. Cover some area's and leave some area's open where you can see trough.

              See picture 1 and 2.

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pic. 2

Step 2. Develope different animations and try which animations fits your zoötroop the best.

             See picture 3 and 4.

 pic. 3

 pic. 4

Step 3. How to fix the lid. Before you can fix a broken object, it is importent to do some research about the product. What is it made of? and what is broken? So analize product and get to the essence of your own productis the easiest by 'opening up' your product and to find out. Find out how your product is made and what is maybe missing or really broken.  After we openend up our salad spinner, we could really see what was broken and ever we found out there was a part missing. It was only hard to find out what was actually missing. In the below picture (pic. 5) you can see the taxonomi of our salad spinner. From here we found out what was missing and broken.

 pic. 5

Step 4. Let other people work with your (broken) product to see what happens so you can develope new ideas.

The turning mechanism of our salad spinner is broken. After some research we did some different attempts how to fix the lid and how to make the spinner, spin again. Easiest way is to put a pen into the hole of the spinner and spin the pen by hand. Spinning the lid by pen is still not the perfect way. The hard way is to develope gears and still turn it by hand. See below movie attempt by hand and pen.

Step 5. Cut out the little lines so it opens the vision of the animation. Wear safety glasses, the plastic can fly around. See picture 6 and 7.

 pic. 6

 pic. 7

Step 6. To make a new handle for the salad spinner.
Design your handle, the way you like it and what fits your zoötroop. See picture 8 and 9.

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 pic. 9

Step 7. Place the handle, check if your animation is working or change the animation. See picture 9 and the movie of the animation.

 pic. 9

        

Step 8. Let other people try your zoötroop and see if you can change something to make                       your zoötroop better. Let people give you feedback and use it so your product gets the proper look and use.

Step 9. Use the advise from your users and try to adjust your zoötroop to there wishes. Like to paint it dark, so the user can see the animation more clear. Also the design gets better and it looks like a better product.

FROM A BROKEN SALAD SPINNER TO A WORKING ZOOTROOP