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Repair, Repurpose, Reimagine (2022)

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Design in the Ability for It to Be Taken Apart

Design in the ability for it to be taken apart. We are thinking about designing products so they have the potential for a second life. Trying to make things which are what we call mono material, so all from the same material. So therefore you can put it in the same recycling bin. This design evolution has tried to approach design as a way of ensuring that any product can have a second or third life. The water circle, the circle of life, nature basically finds a second life, a third life, a repeatable life for everything it has. There is no waste in nature.

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