Open Design City

Starting 18th of May we will be kicking off our third edition of the Maker Weekend! Time to get your hands dirty with the many workshops that we have available and enjoy a little makin' and doin'.

We will be hosting a wide range of workshops from building your own Berliner Hocker to learning how to make your own Arduino. What about shooting your own Stop Motion film or dive into the world of 3D printing? Perhaps you're looking to expand your summer wardrobe with some awesome t-shirts you Screen Printed yourself? If this all sounds good to be true, it's time to check again.

The line-up for this Maker Weekend Includes:
Screen Printing | May 17th | 18:30 - 21:30 | More info

Introduction to 3D Printing | May 18th | 11:00 - 14:00 | More Info

Leather Jewelry | May 18th | 12:00 - 14:00 | More Info

Build Your Own Arduino | May 18th | 12:00 - 15:30 | More Info

Berliner Hocker | May 18th | 12:00 - 13:30 | More Info

Cardboard Up-Light Lamp | May 18th | 15:00 - 18:00 | More Info

Film Making Stop Motion | May 18th | 15:00 - 20:00 | More Info

Fabric Creation | May 18th | 16:00 - 19:00 | More Info

Melt A Bag | May 18th | 18:30 - 21:30 | More Info

Open Experimentation Session | May 18th | 19:00 - 23:00 | More Info

Pattern Cutting | May 19th | 13:00 - 16:00 | More Info

Make sure to reserve your spot if you wish to attend any of the workshops! You can book a ticket by clicking on the button on the activity page on the betahaus website. From the Eventbrite website, you'll be able to ensure your spot! Hope to see you at the Maker Weekend, would be awesome to meet you!

People have learned and people have feasted. It goes without saying that the second edition of MAKER WEEKEND was an awesome success and it was great see everyone enjoying and learning new skills. However, this doesn't mean that it has ended. For those who has missed MAKER WEEKEND and wish to follow our DIY WORKSHOPS, we have confirmed new dates for you to sign up!

• BUILD A BERLINER HOCKER | Saturday, March 16th / 5pm-6pm |
  Within this workshop you will get to know how to build Berliner Hocker - a little magic thing, which can basically be anything, depending on what you want it to be at the moment, where and how you would like to use it. SIGN UP!
• SCREEN PRINTING | Thursday, March 21st / 6.30pm-9.30pm |
  Screen printing is a great technique which can be used to apply designs to lots of different things whether its a t-shirt, cushion or a bag. This workshop will teach you the basics of screen printing as well as how to apply words and type in your designs. Get ready to be creative and leave us with a smile and an awesome bag or clutch!. SIGN UP!
• LEATHER JEWELRY | Tuesday, March 26th / 7pm-9pm |
  Have you ever been looking at a nice piece of jewellery and thinking “Hum… I think I could do that!”. But didn’t quite know where to start? This is the right time for you to explore the possibilities! SIGN UP!
• DECOUPAGE TECNIQUE | Saturday, March 30th / 1pm-4pm |
  Your chairs look boring? Your table is sad because it`s from IKEA and looks just like every other table? And all you have in mind is to color them white? No-no-no, that`s not the way to go – we have a better idea! SIGN UP!
• MELT A BAG | Saturday, March 30th / 5pm-8pm |
  Within this workshop you will learn how to use a fusing technic for the plastic bags (yes, the ones you get in the shop to bring tomatoes home), obtaining a new, cool and resistant material. SIGN UP!
• THIS IS CONCRETE | Sunday, March 31st / 1pm-5pm |
  Concrete is most often thought of when talking about architecture or urban space, but it really isn’t the first material that pops into mind when you think about domestic objects or jewelry. SIGN UP!
• PAPIER MACHE: LAMPS | Thursday, April 2nd / 6.30pm-9.30pm |
  No, papier maché is not just for making halloween masks. It is also a great material for building anything that needs to be both light and strong. Also, it’s only made of old newspapers, and you can give it pretty much any shape you want. SIGN UP!
• CARDBOARD Up-Light LAMP | Friday, April 5th / 6.30pm-9.30pm |
  Tired of the mass produced lamps from Ikea? Want to add more light to your space? With our Cardboard Up-Light lamp workshop it will not only brighten your space but will also provide a soft and warm atmosphere. SIGN UP!
• INTRODUCTION TO 3D PRINTING | Friday, April 5th / 6.30pm-9.30pm |
  A computer is a wonderful thing, it structures your email and shows you video, but can you make things with it too? Things that you can touch ? Things that are useful? Yes you can, with the help of a 3D printer! This production equipment of the future builds up any object layer by layer automatically producing real physical objects from your computer. SIGN UP!
• TEXTILES & ELECTRONICS | Saturday, April 13th / 1pm-6pm |
  This workshops combines textile crafts, new materials and electronics to build interactive fabrics. Participants will be introduced to a range of conductive fabrics and threads as well as a selection of electronic components that include LED lights and vibration motors. SIGN UP!

If there's any workshops up there that look interesting to you, make sure to check them out and sign yourself up. Who doesn't want to learn new skills?!

If you want to stay on the loop on new activities, talks, workshops, parties and much more, check out the betahaus Pulse aka our calendar. Even better, sign yourself up for our newsletter!

All the creative minds of Open Design City and cool Berlin-based designers will come together on a single weekend to teach you how to MAKE various stuff. From 3D printing and hacking up to concreate & leather design.
See the complete LINEUP OF WORKSHOPS.

And, of course we gonna have a PARTY! A jam session, various crazy & loud DIY interactions & lots of fun will be there on the Saturday night from 9 p.m. and until an open end!

Within last week we will be announcing all the updates on the party content & participating designers in the FB Group of the event . So not to miss it, join in.

See you there!

Rock & Roll & DIY

Happy 2013 ! start off the year right by learning something new , we've got amazing workshops lined up for this month. Workout your creative side , you'll gain more than that gym membership you signed up for. See below for a preview of some of the workshops we have in store this winter !

View all workshops here

Till than,
your ODC team

deople network e.V. invites you to join a collaborative workshop at their new teamworking-space in Berlin. Together with design expert Prof. Peter Jones you will explore models of citizen engagement through design principles. It will be an interactive workshop in which you will explore and develop startegies on how we as citizens can become co-creators of our environment.

deople warmly invite you to join the first colective session at their new location at
Okerstr. 45. - Saturday Nov, 24. - 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM.

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/439246306138012/permalink/439246309471345/

Thank you and see you soon!

There are so many questions around the concept of Open Source.. we got to know about a summit, where most of them will be answered! And wanted to let you know as well!

How can we apply the principles of Open Source to other areas or even our whole personal life?

How do we benefit from Open Data?

Why should companies take participation and open innovation siriously?

These and more questions will be discussed at the SUMMIT OF NEWTHINKING, a conference that takes place on November 15 and 16, 2012 in Berlin. This conference takes the principles and mind-set of Open Source to the next level, showing its possibilities and exploring the implementation of open strategies in various fields.

- 2 days of program : talks and workshops

- 5 tracks: Open Innovation, Open Reality, Open Business, Open Data & 'Open Track'

- more than 75 speakers

- the biggest workshop room in the world

- making, discussing, exchanging ideas

- bringing open ideas, transparency and participation to the next level

At the SUMMIT OF NEWTHINKING people with practical background, decision-makers from business, science and the public sector, who are facing a growing expectation to think and act openly, are meeting the open community to exchange ideas and inspiration about the implementation of open strategies that go beyond open source software development.

You are welcome to join!

More information:

http://open-strategies.de/

Twitter: @open_strategies

Hashtag: #son12

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SummitOfNewthinking

a journey into MAKERSPACE…

The whole ground floor of betahaus| Berlin will be turning into a big MAKERSPACE inspired by Open Design City & designers of Build or Buy project and.. created by you!

The Universe of DIY and making will launch at 7pm with the row of mind-blowing workshops and presentations of Berlin-based makers & designers. YOU will get hands on making it all: interior decorations, interactive video, costumes, installations, even a stage for the DJ’s!

Feel free to bring over whatever cool/potentially cool with you for the process of creation. A hint – almost anything could be cool: tea bags can become a lamp, bottle tops can build up a mask, not even mentioning all kinds of fabric..

At 11pm the party engines will start moving. TAPE OVER project (https://www.facebook.com/TAPEOVER) will ring the curtain up with live taping performance & video-mapping experiment of Jacques-André Duppont(http://www.jadupont.com/), an unbelievable French video artist. Unpredictable tape lines will run all over the walls, chased by the lights of Jacques` beamer and beats of the DJ sets. And it all in the surrounding of the beautiful MAKERSPACE, with various DIY planets created within the workshops. Keep in mind – SPACE is a spontaneous structure.. surprises will follow ;)

See you there,

Have a safe flight!

*FOLLOW our FB EVENT. We will provide more information about workshops and projects within the last week before the launch of our spaceship!* https://www.facebook.com/events/471371716235662/

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Hallo Lastenradfreunde!
Das Berliner Lastenrad-Netzwerk und die Werkbox3 (http://www.werkbox3.de) aus München laden ein zu den nächsten Veranstaltungen vom 1.11.2012 bis zum 4.11.2012 in der Open Design City im Betahaus am Moritzplatz.
3 Veranstaltungen im Überblick:

es gibt einen WIG-Schweißkurs für 6 Leute (schon ausgebucht)

es gibt ein Entwicker-Austauschtreffen mit Kurzvorträgen

Wir bauen ein Lastenrad mit unseren Gästen Detlef und Steffi Schmitz, Thomas Viebach und Stefan Müller von der Werkbox3 aus München

Die Details:
Schweißworkshop
Donnerstag 1.11.2012 ab 9.30-10.00h bis 14.00h

Es findet ein Einsteiger-Workshop statt zum WIG-Schweissen statt, alle Plätze sind schon reserviert, wer an einem weiteren Workshop Interesse hat, bitte hier eintragen:http://piratepad.net/HWVoGXd7Qc

oder eine Mail an info@werkstatt-lastenrad.de
Lastenrad-Entwicklertreffen
Donnerstag 1.11.2012 ab etwa 15.00h

Es findet ein Entwicklertreffen für Lastenradbauer (München Werkbox3, Berlin ODC-Community) und Anwender statt, ab etwa 15.00h gibt es kleine Präsentationen und anschließend kann man sich unterhalten und Erfahrungen austauschen und neue Ideen teilen.

Lastenradbau in der ODC
Freitag 2.11.2012 bis Sonntag 4.11.2012 von jeweils 10.00h- 19.00h

Unsere Gäste Detlef und Steffi Schmitz, Thomas Viebach und Stefan Müller von der Werkbox3 in München bauen Ihr Lastenradkonzept eines Hinterladers erstmals in Berlin, in der Open Design City! http://www.werkstatt-lastenrad.de/index.php?title=Workshop_zum_Bau_eines_Hinterladers

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The Berliner Cargo-Bike Network invites you to the next events from November 1rst to November 4th 2012, in betahaus / Open Design City, near Moritzplatz.
we have 3 events to announce:

TIG-welding workshop

Cargobike Maker and Developper exchange meeting with short presentations

3 days cargobike construction workshop with our guests Detlef und Steffi Schmitz, Thomas Viebach and Stefan Müller from Werkbox3 in Munich

The details:
Weldingworkshop
Thursday November 1rst 2012 from 9.30am to 2pm

A TIG-welding workshop for beginners will take place, it´s allready booked out, if you are interested in a future workshop please submit here http://piratepad.net/HWVoGXd7Qc or write mail to info@werkstatt-lastenrad.de

Cargo-bike developper meeting
Thursday, November 1rst 2012 from about 3pm.

For DIY-cargobike-developpers and users we will have an event, starting about 3pm we will have short presentations and then exchange of ideas, experiences and visions.

Cargo-bike making
Friday, November 2nd 2012 until Sunday, November 4th 2012, 10am to 7pm

Our guests Detlef and Steffi Schmitz, Thomas Viebach and Stefan Müller from Werkbox3 in Munich will build their cargo-bike-concept, the first time in Berlin in Open Design City!
http://www.werkstatt-lastenrad.de/index.php?title=Workshop_zum_Bau_eines_Hinterladers

Teinahmebedingung Lastenradworkshop
Für Helfer ist die Veranstaltung frei.
Für Zuschauer die sich das mal anschauen möchten und Fragen habe ist die Veranstaltung auch frei.
Für Leute die noch nie mit einer Flex anderen Handschmaschinen gearbeitet haben oder keine Erfahrung haben im Fahrradschrauben aber Lust haben was zu lernen, erheben wir eine Teinahmegebühr von 10-20€

Participation
For helping hands it´s free
For spectators and visitors it´s free
For participants with little experience who need assistance we ask for a donation of 10-20€

Jeder ist herzlich eingeladen, wer kommen möchte bitte eine Mail an mich

Everybody is welcome, If you want to come please write a mail to:

Thank you and many greetings
Christophe

You have got two hands and you know how to use them? Perfect, then you´re very close to being a real maker! All you need now is inspiration and skills.

Join the big Maker Party on the 30. August and you will get both! We celebrate the launch of Berlins very first fab café and also the grand opening of the new Build or Buy design store with lots of kickass workshops at betahaus |. The action starts at 7pm.

Our event on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/335334943226952/?ref=notif¬if_t=plan_user_joined

Check out the line-up

Workshops:
- Screen Printing
- Stop-Motion Puppet Alex
- USB-Lamp
- Window Gardening
- Upcycling Material Creation
- Knitting
- Hand Cut-Out Paper Creative Technique
You would have a chance to just travel from one skill to another, picking up all of them to takeaway and experiment further on.

Except for workshops, there will be quite much other cool stuff going on this night:
- A photo shooting with The DIY Camera out of Lego Bricks
- 3D printing
- Open Experiment with Video Mapping on a folded installation
- 1m2 house
- Light Rider
- Konkreet Performer & Oblique (Touch Screen Timbre Control)
- Open Media Accelerator project by deople network

Just come and join in. The entrance ticket is readiness to become a maker!

Check out what Sam Muirhead is going to do! No need to write much about it, since everything needed is said in the vedeo. Is short and clearly:
a YEAR of spreading opensource ideas and living them!

Year of Open Source from Sam Muirhead on Vimeo.

Follow this link to learn more, share, or donate! www.indiegogo.com/yearofopensource