Design for Trust:Reliability, Transparency and Traceability on the Sustainable Web

Parsons Sourcemap Collab

Leo Bonanni 20 September 2010

What is trust?

Reliability (known knowns)

Traceability (known unknowns)

Transparency (unknown unknowns)

Haren (2002) http://www.shared-space.org/

Reliability

Regular auditing is necessary to establish performance according to industry best practices (when they exist) and individual codes of conduct

Locke et. Al. Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike http://bit.ly/9qvBvK

Traceability

Assure the source of key ingredients down to the single unit

‘Farm management tags’ used to identify cattle for beef traceability

Transparency

Disclose specific details of a supply chain including:Audit results

Bill of Materials

Supplier names & locations

Patagonia’s Footprint Chronicles http://bit.ly/a1ylIMMADE-BY http://bit.ly/96zKoLRapanui http://bit.ly/aiS6wC

Investigation

What information is needed to evaluate performance independently?

http://www.cleanclothes.org/

http://www.cleanupfashion.co.uk/

http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org/

http://www.pachube.com/

Read this book

What are industrial ecosystems ?

Define and discuss: Downcycling & Upcycling

This one too

What motivation characterizes craft ?

What kind of products are made possible?

Open Source

A way to ensure that tools and information cannot be withheld from anyone

Richard Stallman

Open Design

Development of physical products, machines and systems through use of publicly shared design information

Identifying communities of maker-users

Open source 3D-printer available at reprap.org

The Cathedral

Google GeoEye1 and Google Maps

& the Bazaar

Grassrootsmapping.org

Open Design

Arduino Open-Source Microcontroller Studio 5050 Wearable Electronics Kit

Open Design

Openprosthetics.org

Long Tail

Digital distribution channels favor niche products and applications

From Chris Anderson

Long Tail

Etsy.com International Fashion Machines

Long Tail

MBTA ChallengeICANN

Long Tail

Open Source

1. Identify a community

2. Design for locally available resources

3. Make your design visible

Whirlwind Wheelchair and design for the jigs for its manufacture

Open Design Websites

InstructablesEtsyPonokoRonen KadushinHacking coutureOpen prostheticsEpicuriousWordpressIKEA HackerNotmadeinchina…