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