Ikego

= "How to use Open Source to enable Circular Design?"

URL = https://ikego.world

Description

Lars Zimmerman:

"Imagine IKEA met LEGO. You get modular products for self-assembly. But the parts they are made of are universal, like LEGO bricks. You can build more than one thing from the parts you get.

You might start with a table and later add some parts to turn the table into a bed. Later, go back to the table and use the leftover parts to make a lamp and so on...

Designs like these enable all circular practices, from repair to upgrade to reuse to recycling! And they are fun, giving you freedom and flexibility.

IKEGO is designed as a collaborative design project. Anyone can contribute designs and parts. Through open innovation, the system and everything in it grows stronger every day. Tomorrow someone may add use cases for the parts of your bed you never saw coming.

All parts are open. And that means you can buy any IKEGO product right now. Find a local craftsman to make it for you as a #localmake. "Distributed manufacturing" is the fancy word for it. It simply means that IKEGO not only gives you the opportunity to interact creatively with your built environment, but also to engage with your local economy to transform it towards circularity."