Distributed Design
  • Introduction
  • State of Art on Distributed Design
  • Advisory Board
    • Moving from an individual to a collective worldview
      • On Transitions
    • The importance of creative education
    • Making Machines that Make
  • Can we certify our Values?
  • Glossary
    • Values + Quality
    • Glossary of terms and concepts
    • A how-to for this book.
  • Our Wellness
    • Distributed Design for Distributed Care
      • Next Steps: co-designing open-source walking aids
      • From Lorenzo’s bike to everyone’s bike
      • Wearables
      • Fabcare
  • The World Around Us.
    • Cosmo-local work: Organisational practices for equitable and sustainable living*
      • Tzoumakers: An open source agricultural community
      • Grouu
      • vivihouse
  • Business Models, money talks
    • Why we need to strengthen the business muscle of distributed design
      • Remodel: One-stop shop for designing open source hardware business models
      • Fab City Store
      • Version_01 Lamp
  • Getting together, Collaborating
    • Lead Essay
    • Gameboks
    • Like the air we breathe. Maker economics, the stories within the story
    • Precious Plastic
  • Platform Ecosystem
    • Fablabs.io
    • Wikifactory
    • Make.Works
      • Make Works Derby and Derbyshire
      • Make Works United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    • Materiom
    • Faberin
    • Fab Chain
  • OUTRO
    • Designing Emergent Futures
    • Contribute, Copy, Share
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  1. Glossary

Glossary of terms and concepts

By Atlas of the Future

Distributed Design That's why we're here. As a platform, we're exploring how and in which ways this concept has evolved and how we might find a secure place for it in the world of Design.

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Version Control A system of recording changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later.

Digital fabrication A type of manufacturing process where the machine used to fabricate is controlled by a computer. Common machines include CNC Milling (Computer Numerical Control) 3D Printing and Laser cutter.

Fab Lab

Makerspace

Hackerspace

Maker

Designer

Maker movement

Commons-based peer production (CBPP)

digital transformation.

distributed agency

mission-oriented innovation

parametric design

non-rival goods

Arduino

prototyping

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