Few weeks ago, I attended Sustainable Packaging & Design Forum at Art Center. One of the speaker, KC from GOOD (I hope I got his name right), mentioned about Repair Manifesto developed by The Dutch design collaborative Platform 21.
"We call upon designers and consumers to break the chain of our throwaway thinking. (...) Maybe the most important quality of repair is to give your products a
longer life, but this is not the only quality. Repairing adds a soul to
products, teaches us how things are made and to take care of things. It
gives a sense of accomplishment and control, and not least important,
it is fun. STOP RECYCLING. START REPAIRING."
With this economy, "selling business" might be in trouble but instead "repairing business" could flourish.
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