“OPEN-DESING” – A NEW INDUSTRIAL DESING CC BASE ART Written by: Rotem Medzini, September 1st, 2008

“Open-Design” is an alternative way of designing art. In his M.A. thesis, Ronen Kadushin, felt there is a problem with realizing creativity in industrial designs. Ronen, an Israeli designer that also lectures at the universität der Künste in Berlin, saw that while in fields like music, graphic design, video, etc. creating became inclusive for all and also independent of publishers or producers. All that thanks to the digital technology and the internet. But According to Ronen, it wasn’t like that for industrial design that is being left behind because it has material output that needs marketing investment and support from producers. To solve all that he came up with “Open-Design” that combines CNC production and CC design information publishing and distribution. “It is an alternative method to design and produce that in my view, is in phase with the realities of information technology and economics", noted Ronen, and added that While doing his research he liked the flexibility, clarity and simplicity of CC.

According to Ronen’s Thesis, consumers today are design aware and often look for products with attribution to the designer, as an added value to the designer’s fees. Ronen sees it as a way in which the designer is also the center of the costumer-base, not only a producer or product. For him, Open-Design is an adventure, an experiment involving his profession and life. Until now he sees them as one.

CC-Israel wants to thank Ronen Kadushin for answering our questions and sharing with us his work.

For more on the project and CC-license information, see: www.ronen-kadushin.com