// Open Design movement embraces latest technology of design processes.
// Open Design involves the actual end user to have the ability to full custom their products.
// Open Design believes the idea of DIY (Do It Yourself) goes beyond cost saving and the joy of crafting but also can be seen as ‘Productive Leisure’.
// Open Design challenges emerging designers to be an agent of design instead of producing final products for the end users.
// Open Design helps to build a connection between a designer and end user. Therefore, the use of the products can be close to the intention of the design.
// Open Design is about shared creativity and downloadable.
// Open Design makes sustainable solutions. For example, it can reduce cost of transport and energy, using local materials, accessible and benefit developing countries.
“Part of Droog Design’s “Design for download” project, Box-O-Rama, made for CNC cutting, allows the user to create furniture by arranging boxes of different proportions and scales on a standard plate of wood (122X244 cm) … This leads to 3d furniture that maintains the playfulness and openness of building blocks on one hand, while transforming it into a functional, fixed piece on the other …”