Make your products live longer; things should be designed so that they can be repaired; repaired things are unique... These are some of the ideas covered in the Repair Manifesto, a declaration of intentions put in motion by the collective Platform=21 that has been downloaded over one million times.

Even though the project Platform=21 is no longer active, the ideas and initiatives that they put forward are more topical now than ever. With the debate surrounding the concept of Planned Obsolescence (watch the documentary to learn more) Comprar, tirar, comprar (Buy, Discard, Buy), the discourse of the creators of the Repairing Manifesto continues to send shockwaves into our communities.

To download the manifesto in Spanish click in pdf file.

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Published on: February 3, 2011
Cite:
metalocus
"REPAIR MANIFESTO. Platform21 = Repairing." METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/repair-manifesto-platform21-repairing> ISSN 1139-6415
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