design for the long term.
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Our grandparents used to have staple/everyday shoes and jewelry that lasted them so long that they passed on to kids and grandkids as heirlooms and I have “high quality” shoes and earrings falling apart after like 1 year of wear cause I “wore it too much”????
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This is the first written instruction manual that I know of.
The new section is titled "Great Manuals in History." Three of them were created deliberately to break through class barriers.
One, from 1320, is the first martial arts manual (thanks to Kyle Wiens @kwiens for the tip):
“A growing body of research… shows assuming packaging does the most harm to the environment is often misguided. Instead… look at a product’s entire life span to figure out which changes might have the biggest effect on improving sustainability.” washingtonpost.com/climate-s…
“The mass-produced furniture that sold furiously during the pandemic could soon be clogging landfills.” nytimes.com/2022/10/31/reale…
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Photographer Todd McLellan disassembles things: "Things Come Apart" @smithsonian @Todd_McLellan
(Plus- the typewriter)
Take it apart: roughlydaily.com/2022/08/26/…
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I wonder if the inventor of paper straws ever considered that they would be in prolonged contact with liquid.
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Cory @doctorow does an excellent job summarizing our recent report, "Stranded" which shows how the repair system we have for wheelchair users is another example of repair restrictions run amok -- and why those users want #RightToRepair
eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/wh…
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The @nytimes' meditation on how we make sense of time in the new year features our Executive Director @zander discussing how the Clock of the Long Now serves "to help humans think about time well beyond our own lives." nytimes.com/2021/12/31/us/ne…
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Design that lasts is the best design
Breakthrough! Spread the word #RightToRepair
“Apple said it would soon provide parts, tools and manuals to those who wanted to fix their own iPhones and Mac computers.” nytimes.com/2021/11/17/techn…
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"We wouldn't have had an Apple had I not grown up in a very open technology world"
Apple founder Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement bbc.in/3dVtX12
“This is the first time in the history of the grassroots repair movement in the US that a sitting president has weighed in on the topic.” wired.com/story/biden-execut… #righttorepair
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"No, you don't have thousands of years to live. Urgency is on you. While you live, while you can, become good."
- Marcus Aurelius
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Yes, it’s finally happening! Planning a launch kind of thing in early September, where I can tell you all about it. More about that later.
You can now pre-order Jonathan Chapman's upcoming book "Meaningful Stuff: Design That Lasts" from MIT Press.The book, which serves as an argument for a design philosophy of "better, not more," comes out in August 2021. buff.ly/3c2FsSp
This is an excellent argument any time, but it’s especially relevant right now: wired.com/story/opinion-the-… @iFixit @kwiens #RightToRepair
“Constant on-the-nose reporting is a short-term, and shortsighted, approach that’s difficult to resist. A view from a loftier perch — a month’s, or even just a week’s, perspective — would, and will, produce far more reliable information.” nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opini…