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Repairing?10 Areas of Research
- History of Repair- Platform 21’s Repair Manifesto - Products for Repair- DIY and Professional Repair- Repair Yourself – Self Healing Technologies - Biomimetics – Natural Repair- Repair – Environmental Impact- Repair Culture - Throwaway Society vs Repairing for Necessity- Repairing or Improving?- Redesign – Repairing Things Which Aren’t Broken
Prehistoric axe; white patches are ancient repairs
Getting started…Contacts:- Platform 21- Researchers at the University of Illinois regarding their work with self-
healing composite polymers- Textile students at GerritRietveldAcademie in Amsterdam regarding their
‘repair project’- Local repair shops
Sideline Projects:- Repair a month: Spend a month repairing or attempting to repair any
broken products I come across- Requesting suggestions for an everyday object which should be
redesigned and attempting to provide solutions
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