It's Time to Design for Repair Jude Pullen

Trying to repair almost anything can be a frustrating exercise. Repair is made more difficult by the way devices are designed and the ability to repair a device could be improved greatly if different design decisions were made. This moment in time demands a new generation of designers, engineers and makers to consider how to make products that can be more easily and safely repaired by more people.
My guest on this episode is Jude Pullen, a creative technologist from the UK. "What's really exciting, both about technology and creativity, is putting them side by side and seeing why we do things and considering what we can do given the capabilities of technology and our own imagination." Pullen's curiosity about why he couldn't easily replace the batteries in his headphones led him to explore the reasons why repair has become even more difficult over time. He wrote a multi-part series called "The Fight For Repair" on Design Spark.
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The global Right to Repair movement was a subject we featured in Make: Magazine Volume 80 last year, The War on Repair.
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For an audio only version or a transcript of this conversation, visit Makezine.com.
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[@steveculpepper7397]

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[@chrismathewsjr]

oh nice, where can i vote to make companies design things that can be repaired? i'll wait

[@1crazypj]

You'll wait a long time then 😁.
Manufacturers have zero interest in making things easy to repair, how else could they sell new overpriced 'improved' stuff every 6 months.
Apple were first to have 'proprietary everything' and now their own custom chip so can't even find any spec on it.
The sheep who buy into the advertising don't care though.
Even if designers and engineers wanted to make things easier to repair or recycle, they will probably not be allowed to by upper level management.
As Dyson was mentioned early on, even they don't make ordinary service parts for the older vacuum cleaners (basic stuff like drive belts)
Seems Ford have now got in on the act in Europe with a 1 liter 'disposable' engine, labour to change timing belt, £1000, plus parts (and I'm sure 'shop supplies' on top)