Design researcher & educator

Free Software

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   Service design as a practice of freedom in collaborative cultural producers

   Siqueira, Isabela L. M. de; Van Amstel, Frederick M. C. (upcoming). Service design as a practice of freedom in collaborative cultural producers. Proceedings of ServDes 2023, Rio de Janeiro. - Jul 18, 2023
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   Design livre at Corais Platform: an experience in cultivating a design commons with free software

   Van Amstel, Frederick;  Gonzatto, Rodrigo Freese; Jatobá, Pedro Henrique. (2020) Design livre at Corais Platform: an experience in cultivating a design commons with free software. Workshop Designing commons – Commons for design (position paper), DRS 2014 conference, Umeä, Sweden. - Apr 21, 2014
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   Open Design and Free Design are not the same

   Design is a messy word with many different meanings. When people wants to stay focused on a practical matter, they add a noun to it: Graphic Design, Furniture Design. When they want to qualify Design, for instance, they use an adjective: Industrial Design, Good Design. It´s a simple statement that an adjective can change the […] - May 10, 2011

4. From Interfaces to Interactions: Participatory Design of the BrOffice.org Portal

   Abstract The complexity of communication processes mediated by technology has attracted the attention of several areas. In a pragmatic perspective, Interaction Design strives for designing these medias for a particular community, however this process occurs within a political scenario of cultural conflicts. The option of participatory design advocates the individual´s autonomy to develop social uses […] - Jul 7, 2010

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