#allmende

I made my Diploma in Communicationdesign this year at the ecosign and wrote a theoretical concept which includes the themes allmende, commons, sharing, caring, altruism and why we help each other, even if we do not have any (obvious) benefit of it. I created online and print media for the non-proffit association Freifunk Rheinland e.V. by evaluate the target group and where to place the media.

Freifunk wants to give the people the choice to use networks for free, so they can use several services like the option to go online without paying anything. Its based on the thought that people share their network and internet with others, so that people who are social and financial disadvantaged can be (for example) connected to the world wide web. They use router and a special software that allows the routers to connect to each other. This is called a "mesh network".

Inside Freifunk I found the target groups "Users" and "Creators". The Users just use Freifunk and they need to be explained what they can do and what they should not do (download illegal media for example). The pourpose is to motivate the Users to be a Creator too or to help the Creators. The Creators are people who like to work in the community of Freifunk and build up the network. They can have several skills like being a designer, explain the project to people, work on the soft- or hardware, place a router on roofs and so on.

Outside the Freifunk, the target groups are

Municipalities

Gastronomes

Citizens

So I made several media in print for them, to show them the advantage to share their roofs, internet, money and so on ;) I will upload the media soon. Here you can find my talk in german to my theory and concept:

Talk to Diploma in Communicationdesign für Freifunk Rheinland in Chaosdorf (in german).

COMMONS: WAS SAATGUT UND SOFTWARE GEMEINSAM HABEN