DesignSprint: Open-Island, Hamburg
Insula Communis part II
The day after... ...the splash Festival in Ferropolis/Central Germany, 2016. We collected all the useful trash from only a little part of the campgrounds and were well equipped for the next stage of the...

Insula Communis part 1
Let´s prototype a floating autarkic habitat. Let´s build an "Insula Communis", an Open-Island! On a flooded opencast brown coal mine in the remote center of Germany. Together with 50 interdisciplinary Makers, together with refugees and other village neighbors... It´s...
First Open-Island in Thailand
After having developed and tested our DIY-upcycling-island construction kit in different environments and implementations, it´s now time to spread the word and disseminate the knowledge of building floating islands out of scrap. Joy Lohmann remembered an Interview at...
Open-Island Berlin – the movie
7 floating islands on the River Spree in Berlin. Made out of trash by passionate Makers. Showcasing innovative low-tech DIY-applications for > energy > shelter > food production on floating platforms: the Open-Island Berlin! (also including an Open Bar, the...
1st Open-Island Makers-Residency in Bengal
After presenting the Open-Island construction kit at the MakerFest in Ahmedabad/India in January and developing 7 thematic float modules with this system in Berlin later this year, we now got our first CALL FOR ACTION. The Eco-Resort Sundarbans invites 3-5 Open-Island...
MakerMeet Online-Conference
Welcome at the Online conference "Makers Meet" from Living Bridges Planet. If you want to join, please follow this link: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYeIcGQcuxy7BHZ6qE6V_YbPxKXHPKYR3TJcwnB8l_h0hecGvA?authuser=0&hl=en If you just want to watch,...
Open-Island Berlin, 3.-12.7.2015
A befriended StreetArtist told me: "If you want to globalize something, go through Berlin with some crazy shit!" After demonstrating the Open-Source and DIY-Recycling-island "Open-Island" in Ahmedabad/India earlier this year, we now want to share our ideas and manuals...
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Open-Island Ahmedabad completed
7 days construction time, 7 days action aboard: Open-Island Ahmedabad was built for the MakerFest India 2015 on Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad. Together with students of the National Institute for Design (NID), Anshul, Deepak and Vinesh demonstrated impressively the...