• Supporting a city in the prefiguration of a Third Place

    At the beginning of 2018, we assisted the city of Marmande and the Val de Garonne tourist office in the prefiguration of a hybrid venue dedicated to the future of festivals on a 40,000m2 industrial wasteland. This prefiguration phase aimed to define the conditions of feasibility and success of the project, to launch a community while proposing a pre-operational scenario. Abandoned since 2009, this wasteland is destined to become a place of emergence for the creative industries.

    Case study
  • Morning OS: Uncovering the town of Bagnolet

    Jo Fackler

    A new start and project awaits Ouishare’s Paris team thanks to Morning OS, a newly-converted coworking space in the city’s outskirts that we plan to bring to life. With our boxes unpacked and ambitions ignited; we want to bring together collectives and projects that accelerate urban transformation in the Parisian outskirts.

    EN Article
  • “La citoyenneté manque de lieux concrets pour s’exercer.” Entretien avec Joëlle Zask (2/2)

    Hélène Vuaroqueaux

    Après l’avoir interrogée sur la généalogie de la participation, nous avons demandé à Joëlle Zask, philosophe politique, de nous partager les principaux apprentissages de son dernier ouvrage “Quand la place devient publique.” Une observation approfondie et méthodique de nos lieux publics permet de dévoiler les intentions de ceux qui les conçoivent. Or aujourd'hui force est de constater que le vivre-ensemble et la démocratie ne sont pas soutenus par l’architecture de nos villes.

    FR Interview
  • Wie grün, wie nachhaltig, wie dynamisch … ist die Sharing Economy?

    Thomas Dönnebrink

    Dies waren die zentralen drei Fragen des drei-jährigen Forschungsprojektes “PeerSharing – Internetgestützte Geschäftsmodelle für gemeinschaftlichen Konsum als Beitrag zum nachhalti-gen Wirtschaften“ welches das Teilen von Privat zu Privat (Peer-to-Peer Sharing) untersuchte.

    DE Article
  • Holochain: the beginnings of a brave new internet (2/2)

    Fernanda Marin

    An in-depth exploration of how holochain is building a more human internet. One that puts its users at the center.

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  • Fixing the internet: how holochain wants to change the way we interact

    Fernanda Marin

    Let us start with a rather simple but necessary statement: The internet is as amazing as it is dreadful. It is time to fix it, make it more human, and holochain wants to be this tool.

    EN Article
  • To Scandinavia and beyond: how a learning expedition fostered a community around mobility

    As part of the Mobility as Networks study made by Le Lab Ouishare X Chronos, 16 partners and eight team members went on a five-day Learning Expedition through three Scandinavian cities to meet and get inspired by the actors designing the mobility of tomorrow.

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  • Creating safe spaces: how re-designing an office can lead to new ways of collaboration

    A leading automotive company in Germany wanted its employees to design their new office in a collaborative way. To help them achieve this, Ouishare created a safe space for workers to solve internal problems and develop a collaborative culture.

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  • Designing for a better society: how tiny houses can have a huge impact

    Fernanda Marin

    Interview with Ricardo Mayor on the role of designers and architects crafting our social tissue. We explore how the tiny house model was adapted to respond to the current refugee crisis. From how new production models can empower citizens and change our relationship with refugees, to ultimately changing the way we design cities.

    EN Interview
  • The vaccine for fake news? More fake news.

    Fernanda Marin

    Interview with Ruurd Oosterwoud, founder of DROG, on how becoming a fake news factory can make us immune to the tactics behind misleading viral stories.

    EN Interview
  • How basic income can change the way we think about work (and money)

    Fernanda Marin

    What would you do if you got 1.000 euros per month, no strings attached? Would you quit your job? Pay your debts? Save enough money to travel around the world? Would you start your own business? Would you do some volunteer work?

    EN Article
  • Partager le pouvoir et la valeur : vers un nouveau récit autour des plateformes collaboratives

    En mars 2017, nous publions l’étude « Gouvernances » issue d'un an et demi de recherches sur les manières dont les plateformes de l’économie collaborative peuvent proposer à leurs contributeurs non salariés d'être consultés sur les décisions clés et de détenir une partie du capital.

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