The Distributed Design Platform acts as an exchange and networking hub for the European maker and design movement.
Through carefully curated annual activities, our goal is to support emerging talents, facilitate the acquisition of new skills, foster networking and promotion opportunities, and contribute to the development of a thriving and resilient creative ecosystem.
What is Distributed Design?
Our values
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OpenOpen refers to the mentality and approach of designers to share and make their design processes transparent, replicable, and accessible, from hardware and software to implementation and usability.
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CollaborativeCollaborative means enabling citizens to become active participants in the design process through meaningful and participatory co-design approaches.
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RegenerativeRegenerative making and design principles aspire to renew and restore the systems that we are part of, rather than just replacing or devaluing them.
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EcosystemicEcosystemic means acknowledging the complexity of interactions between cultural, natural, and social aspects and designing to improve the health of social and environmental systems.
Impact
Our achievements over the past three years would not have been possible without the dedication of our 20 members and our vibrant network of Creative Talents. Their work demonstrates an unshakeable commitment to design rooted in environmental and social principles. Practices regularly go beyond sustainability to regeneration: our community asks not only how can we sustain, but how can our design practices give back and nurture cultural, social, and environmental well-being.
Advisory board
The Advisory Board provides experience and knowledge to the development of the Platform. It meets two times a year with the members of the project, and where possible they also participate in other events organised by the Platform.
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Indy JoharMission Steward
Dark Matter Labs
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Primavera De FilippiResearcher at CNRS and Berkman-Klein Center
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Daniel CharnyFounder & Director at Forth
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Kate ArmstrongExecutive Director Interspecies Internet
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Nadya PeekDirector Machine Agency
Distributed design in numbers
Check our impactCreative Talents
+690
Our achievements over the past years would not have been possible without the dedication of our 20 members and our vibrant network of Creative Talents. Their work demonstrates an unshakeable commitment to design rooted in environmental and social principles. Practices regularly go beyond sustainability to regeneration: our community asks not only how can we sustain, but how can our design practices give back and nurture cultural, social, and environmental well-being.
Core Members
22
Our Platform has seen exciting growth since our start. Since 2022, our membership has steadily increased: the Distributed Design Platform is now made up of 22 members including 6 community hubs. These hubs act as regional centers, fostering connections and knowledge exchange among members with diverse backgrounds and expertise. This geographically distributed network allows for more inclusive participation and ensures that the Platform serves the needs of a wider community.
Global Community
+5900
The Distributed Design Platform acts as an exchange and networking hub for the emerging field of distributed design. The initiative aims at developingand promoting the connection between designers, makers and emerging digital and local markets.
Cross-channel reach
+300k
The DDP website is our primary outreach tool, attracting over 14,000 annual visitors and accounting for 80% of our online engagement and making it our most effective platform. Social media platforms, particularly Instagram (13% of our online outreach), complement this reach.
Who is involved?
The Distributed Design Platform is driven by a unique and highly experienced consortium of 22 members from 15 countries, forming a collaborative ecosystem of forward-thinkers across Europe and beyond. The project is coordinated by Fab Lab Barcelona and supported in the scientific and technical coordination by IAAC.