Meaningful Stuff
Meaningful Stuff An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more.Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so readily…
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Meaningful Stuff
An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more.Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so readily transform into meaningless junk? Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction--sneakers worn only once, bicycles barely even ridden, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers.
Many electronic devices, for example, are intentionally impossible to dismantle for repair or recycling, their brief use-career proceeding inexorably to a In Meaningful Stuff, Jonathan Chapman investigates why we throw away things that still work, and shows how we can design products, services, and systems that last.Obsolescence is an economically driven design decision--a plan to hasten a product's functional or psychological undesirability.