10th European Academy of Design Conference - Crafting the Future 1 | Page Open Design – a map of contemporary Open Design structures and practices Heloisa Neves Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil contactme@heloisaneves.com Clice de Toledo Sanjar Mazzilli Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil clice@usp.br Abstract The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the academic debate on new scenarios of creation, production and distribution of goods, through the model of Open Design, a phenomena based on co-creation, shared knowledge, distributed production and open licensing. At the beginning, we discuss the concept of the term and its implications to the transition between the second and third industrial revolution. Thereafter, we analyse different maps for the Open Design model. Finally, we present the result of a series of interviews with professionals connected to Open Design. The methodology for the interviews was based on inviting professionals that, during the time the research was conducted, were working in Fab Lab Barcelona, an important place for the contemporary Open Design discussion. All the interviews sought to research how the model that we are calling Open Design, and how this structure is facilitating new processes to achieve alternative models. We conclude that the current practice of Open Design has not yet realised the map drawn by its theory. There exist some problems like the inexistence of a really substantial way to negotiate and license the products, the difficulty of economically benefiting people involved and some specific problems with management and accessibility to local manufacturing laboratories. But, in another way, the research found some interesting qualities. The horizontal network between user/producer/professional is well established and it is possible to find accessible manufacturing