Shared machine shops are designed for providing space for education, learning practices, however it is also being questioned if they are accessible and for whom, depending on their location, communication practices and the entry-point in knowledge. Nonetheless the narrative of innovation and...

This study deploys the framework of architectural innovation (Henderson and Clark 1990), demonstrating that a design-driven strategy leverages incremental and radical innovation through a system of core design concepts. The presented case study of an Italian high-end kitchen producer, Valcucine,...

Starting from the Schumpeterian producer-driven understanding of innovation, followed by user-generated solutions and understanding of collaborative forms of co-creation, scholars investigated the drivers and the nature of interactions underpinning success in various ways. Innovation literature...

Scholarship on open innovation examines the different shades of opening up the innovation process of firms, where the most important feature is sourcing in knowledge. In this paper I examine the implications of adapting open innovation frames to a field where it was not investigated before:...

This paper presents an open table design project introduced by a high-end kitchen producing company in collaboration with maker communities, independent designers and the wider public. The case illustrates a hybrid open/collaborative innovation strategy, strategically adapted by a firm for...