Difference between revisions of "Reparable Tools"
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Ivan Illich's ideas about [[Convivial Tools]] could be applied to the design of appliances, in order to give them the | Ivan Illich's ideas about [[Convivial Tools]] could be applied to the design of appliances, in order to give them the | ||
| − | [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=2 characteristics of convivial tools], notably [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=4 reparability]. Designing appliances to be easily reparable by their owners would both give consumers more control over | + | [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=2 characteristics of convivial tools], notably [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=4 reparability]. Designing appliances to be easily reparable by their owners would both give consumers more control over the tools they use, and would reduce waste by making appliances more durable. |
| − | + | While the project is nominally about making tools more reparable, it also could design tools that are easy to construct, dissassemble, recycle and reassemble in new combinations. | |
| − | + | This project is ambitious, since it involves the design, manufacture and distribution of appliances, which is a capital-intensive industrial activity. The project could thus be divided into phases, as follows: | |
| − | + | *Build the reparable tools community | |
| + | *Develop reparable tools activities | ||
| + | *Create a reparable tools company | ||
| + | ==Build the reparable tools community== | ||
create a community around this theme | create a community around this theme | ||
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| + | ==Develop reparable tools activities== | ||
| + | *identify the best available existing products, via a consumer reports type of website | ||
| + | *write typical specifications that a reparable tool should conform to | ||
| + | *commission a pilot appliance to be manufactured by a contractor according to reparable specifications | ||
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| + | ==Create a convivial tools company== | ||
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| + | Provide highly usable maintenance manuals and garanteed long-term online availability of all necessary spare parts. | ||
a cooperative, as for example with the [[Cooperative Social Network]]). | a cooperative, as for example with the [[Cooperative Social Network]]). | ||
