The goal of this project was to explore and develop simple methods for open material archiving that is....
- not only ecologically, but also historically, culturally, geographically aware
- extending material activism beyond bioplastics
- promoting open-source attitude to the development of design materials
- getting down and dirty: from buying your ingredients, all the way to tips and tricks for that challenging phase of controlled drying and curing materials to its "final" form.
- explained in layman's terms, demystifying without oversimplifying ingredients or processes
- explicitly facilitating critique, contestations, suggestions, updates and reviews from peers (once the digital database is fully realized)
- offering a package that allows novices to learn, and educators to get started in a systematic way.
##Deliverables
##Deliverables
-[**development brief**](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YRHikbOnj0WLbVhc2BELcTUBk30rFFGOpYzF1ra7Jp4/edit?usp=sharing) for a context-aware, collaborative materials database
-[**development brief**](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YRHikbOnj0WLbVhc2BELcTUBk30rFFGOpYzF1ra7Jp4/edit?usp=sharing) for a context-aware, collaborative materials database
-[**25 recipes**](../recipes) to start your own sample archive
-[**25 foundational recipes**](../recipes) to start your own sample archive (based on ingredients that are largely locally abundant in the Netherlands)
-[**list of tools**](../tools) needed to start your own material samples archive
-[**list of tools**](../tools) needed to start your own material samples archive
-[**video tutorial**](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJnjBsCdBxGIRjgl9SVeoAYn7UzqS8A6) for capturing tactility of material samples
-[**video tutorial**](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJnjBsCdBxGIRjgl9SVeoAYn7UzqS8A6) for capturing tactility of material samples
-[**template for new recipes**](./templates/new_recipe), to help you capture the entire proces, ask the hard contextual questions and document relevant considerations when contributing new recipes to the database.
-[**template for new recipes**](./templates/new_recipe), to help you capture the entire proces, ask the hard contextual questions and document relevant considerations when contributing new recipes to the database.
-[**template to add new ingredients**](./templates/new_ingredient), helping you ask the hard questions and document relevant considerations when contributing new recipes to the database.
-[**template to add new ingredients**](./templates/new_ingredient), helping you ask the hard questions and document relevant considerations when contributing new recipes to the database.
-[**templates for labels**](./templates/labels) to create your own physical archive with material samples (building on the work of Maria Viftrup for TextileLab Waag).
-[**a glossary of terms**](./glossary), explaining the key terms used here (in progress)
-[**an educators' note**](./educators_note) with some suggestions for how this archive might be incorporated into classes oriented to designing/material research/critical making/design & crafts history/machine building classes.
###Future development
- realising the online database further with a designer and developer
- develop, document and add methods for simple material testing
- add section for open-source DIY tools for fabrication
- testing these formats as tools for learning in higher education and fabricademy, gathering peer feedback from peers
