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TY - JOUR
T1 - Smarter Repair 2053
AU - Coulton, Paul
AU - Stead, Michael
AU - Owen, Rebecca
PY - 2025/1/31
Y1 - 2025/1/31
N2 - In 2023 the European Union enacted the right-to-repair for European citizens which was undoubtedly a step forward in tackling planned obsolescence and the deluge of electronic product waste being produced at that time. An expansion of the right-to-repair to include smart devices occurred in 2035 acknowledging their increased proliferation as everyday products and services. However, these rights-to-repair did not result in creating a capacity for repair such that consumers were both willing and able to avail themselves of this right. To address this challenge technologists extended the infusion of datafication and Artificial Intelligence within smart products–resulting in the Right-to-Repair being granted to the devices themselves in 2045. This paper reviews this transition which resulted in both decreasing electronic product waste, increased device longevity, and extending the development of an aesthetic of repair into more products and services.
AB - In 2023 the European Union enacted the right-to-repair for European citizens which was undoubtedly a step forward in tackling planned obsolescence and the deluge of electronic product waste being produced at that time. An expansion of the right-to-repair to include smart devices occurred in 2035 acknowledging their increased proliferation as everyday products and services. However, these rights-to-repair did not result in creating a capacity for repair such that consumers were both willing and able to avail themselves of this right. To address this challenge technologists extended the infusion of datafication and Artificial Intelligence within smart products–resulting in the Right-to-Repair being granted to the devices themselves in 2045. This paper reviews this transition which resulted in both decreasing electronic product waste, increased device longevity, and extending the development of an aesthetic of repair into more products and services.
KW - Right to Repair
KW - Sustainability, Design
KW - Speculative Design
KW - Design Fiction
KW - Defuturing
U2 - 10.1080/14606925.2024.2437597
DO - 10.1080/14606925.2024.2437597
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 126
EP - 145
JO - The Design Journal
JF - The Design Journal
SN - 1460-6925
IS - 1
ER -