BeoCreate elements: Designing an open loudspeaker

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School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
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2018

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Department of Design
Muotoilun laitos

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Collaborative and Industrial Design

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en

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151

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For hundreds of years, we have developed our society, production of goods and distribution to be the most efficient and profitable. That development has led us to a situation where the natural resources cannot stand the current development anymore. For this reason, we need to find new production and distribution systems, which reduce the impact on nature. In recent years some production methods have developed becoming more affordable to massesthan before. 3D-printers and CNC-routers, for example, provides the opportunity to average people to produce goods locally. At the same time, the movement of open-design has spread making it possible to share designs without complicated product copyrights. The development of Internet makes it possible to design globally and share the designs locally. Therefore we have all the tools to start designing for local manufacturing, local materials, and local communities, in digital era. In this thesis I explains why we need to start designing for local manufacturing and materials. Besides, I describe how the development of production methods and digital tools could contribute to a local manufacturing. Based on the knowledge I designed a loudspeaker system for audio company Bang & Olufsen. The system takes into account the use of local materials and business opportunity, but also the benefits that digital tools has to offer. For the concept development, I used Roberto Verganti`s Design-driven innovation method loosely. As aresult, I propose a product which works as an example of designing for local manufacturing. The product design followed existing principles of open design. The experimental process showed me that designing for local manufacturing needs the change of mindset from a designer. Designing for openness and local manufacturing results somewhat simple products, and there is a reason for that, which is the need of replicability. In the end, I propose that the practice and principles of open design should be explored more. The field of open-design is now scattered and under constant development. Therefore it is hard to specify the right methods and practices for open design and local manufacturing. The development of open-design and local manufacturing potentially creates new businesses and local empowerment. This thesis is a good example of how corporate is looking for future, emerging markets and trends. Eventually, smaller companies, individuals, and others will follow. Besides the product development, the thesis reveals how a corporate using design-driven innovationmethod can use external parties for exploring, and producing new concepts.

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Miettinen, Eero

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Thams, Christian

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open design, local manufacturing, CNC, maker, design driven innovation, maker space, fab lab, sustainability

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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201806283761

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