Here is a video of Charles Leadbeater on TED, about Pro-Ams (“innovative, committed and networked amateurs working to professional standards”) and Open Innovation.

The theme of the video is closely related to this book (that I found very useful while developing my thesis): “The Pro-Am Revolution. How enthusiasts are changing our economy and society written by [...]

Tags: Collaborative Networks, Innovation, Open Innovation, Pro-Am

I’m very honoured to say that Michel Bauwens invited me to write a contribution for the P2P Foundation Blog, and here you can find it: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/massimo-menichinelli-open-p2p-design-as-enabling-open-p2p-systems/2008/11/24
It’s a resume of the Open P2P Design history and concept, and of its differences from Open Design as well.

While Open Design focuses on opening a design project, Open [...]

Tags: Open Innovation, Peer-to-Peer

After the post where I wrote about flocking algorithms used in a site-specific art/design installation by Todo Design, I ‘d like here to write about another experiment with such algorithms.
While surfing on Vimeo I found this video by Aaron Westre from Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA), where he explains very well his master’s degree thesis on using [...]

Tags: Architectural Design, Complex Systems, Design Methodology, Generative system, processing.org, Swarm / Flock / Crowd, USA

After the first post, here I suggest you another report from Nordic Innovation Centre, a longer and more detailed one, edited by Emily Wise and Casper Høgenhaven: “User-Driven Innovation. Context and Cases in the Nordic Region“.

In this report, user-driven innovation is defined as the process of tapping users’ knowledge in order to develop new products, [...]

Tags: Business/Service, Co-Creation, Economy, Innovation, Northern Europe

After my first impressions, here is my slideshow I used on the first day of UrbanLabs. I was given the possibility to held a brief presentation before the participants in the group proposed some projects and then started to gather in order to talk about those projects.
We all were not sure about presentations, because we [...]

Tags: City, Community, Innovation, Open P2P Communities, Social Innovation, Spain