Phygital Research Project

= "PHYGITAL: Assessing the practices, innovation and sustainability potential of “design global, manufacture local” model".

URL = http://www.p2plab.gr/en/archives/1119

Description

"This key project will document, analyse, test, evaluate, and create awareness about a new mode of value creation, based on the conjunction of the digital commons (e.g. open knowledge, software and design) with desktop manufacturing and automation technologies (e.g. from 3D printing and CNC machines to low-tech tools and crafts). This convergence could arguably play a key role in designing sustainable models of production, such as the “design global, manufacture local” model. The latter seems to form economies of scope that promote sustainability and open innovation while celebrating new forms of human collaboration. However, such claims currently rest on thin conceptual and empirical foundations. Through the lens of selected case studies and participatory action research, this project seeks to understand relevant organisational models, their evolution, and their broader political economy and policy implications."