Design as Common Good - Swiss Design Network Symposium 2021

[almostserena]

This issue has been open to track and document the comments, the feedback and the discussions regarding the paper "Open Design as an approach for the commoning of design. The collaborative experience of openly defining Open Design with an open source process."

The paper has been authored by Massimo Menichinelli and Serena Cangiano for the SDN21 Symposium, Design as
common good, Framing design through pluralism and social values, 25 - 26 MARCH 2021

The discussion is linked to the working group on Symposium Slack 3a. 3a-access-distribution-and-decentralization:
12 members

[hearmeinteract]

Hi! I am very intrigued by using systems like github for artistic / creative processes. I wonder if such systems have been used in the domain of music and sound already? Also I am working with colleagues Andrea Iten, Catherine Walthard and Max Spielmann on a project related to soundscapes as common good, so also here, the notion of sharing and collaborating in a dynamic environment (with sound) is highly relevant. Any ideas/hints?

[openp2pdesign]

Mmh interesting question, I don't know the full answer!
At least with Git, the main important thing to consider is that it mainly works with text files for allowing file comparison (diff), merge and edit. Large binary files are normally not stored, and I guess that sound files are stored as binary files, typically with large file size.

https://docs.github.com/en/github/managing-large-files/distributing-large-binaries
https://git-lfs.github.com/

But text files (MIDI? guitar tablature?) might work well. I'd suggest to check also open source software for sound and music first, check if they store files in text or binary form, and if they already suggest some workflow.
Some examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation#Free_and_open-source_sequencers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LilyPond
http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/