long design

design for the long term.

[♡ umaimah ♡ @colouredbraids]

Our grandparents used to have staple/everyday shoes and jewelry that lasted them so long that they passed on to kids and grandkids as heirlooms and I have “high quality” shoes and earrings falling apart after like 1 year of wear cause I “wore it too much”????

[Kyle Wiens @kwiens]

This is the first written instruction manual that I know of.

[long design @longdesign]

“A growing body of research… shows assuming packaging does the most harm to the environment is often misguided. Instead… look at a product’s entire life span to figure out which changes might have the biggest effect on improving sustainability.” https://t.co/8rwHI22jL5

[long design @longdesign]

“The mass-produced furniture that sold furiously during the pandemic could soon be clogging landfills.” https://t.co/X5kDCfnFj3

[lawrence wilkinson @lhwilkinson]

Photographer Todd McLellan disassembles things: "Things Come Apart" @smithsonian @Todd_McLellan
(Plus- the typewriter)

Take it apart: https://t.co/UBxE4yS4QF

[long design @longdesign]

“Tractor hacking” https://t.co/29aHqOVTym

[Jordan Arthur Thomson @jthomsonPHIL]

I wonder if the inventor of paper straws ever considered that they would be in prolonged contact with liquid.

[Nathan Proctor @nProctor]

Cory @doctorow does an excellent job summarizing our recent report, "Stranded" which shows how the repair system we have for wheelchair users is another example of repair restrictions run amok -- and why those users want #RightToRepair

https://t.co/AFYyKqGyGO

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

The @nytimes' meditation on how we make sense of time in the new year features our Executive Director @zander discussing how the Clock of the Long Now serves "to help humans think about time well beyond our own lives." https://t.co/WRyPuyg0Gj

[Scott Berkun @berkun]

Design that lasts is the best design

[long design @longdesign]

Breakthrough! Spread the word #RightToRepair

“Apple said it would soon provide parts, tools and manuals to those who wanted to fix their own iPhones and Mac computers.” https://t.co/qGb8ikHmn2

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

"We wouldn't have had an Apple had I not grown up in a very open technology world"

Apple founder Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement https://t.co/HpczA8bDaE

[long design @longdesign]

“This is the first time in the history of the grassroots repair movement in the US that a sitting president has weighed in on the topic.” https://t.co/pGaxf6h7eI #righttorepair

[Ethics in Bricks @EthicsInBricks]

"No, you don't have thousands of years to live. Urgency is on you. While you live, while you can, become good."
- Marcus Aurelius

[long design @longdesign]

Video: Why there should be a #RightToRepair https://t.co/5ZdAEKLUit by @R2REurope

[Jonathan Chapman @iamjchapman]

Yes, it’s finally happening! Planning a launch kind of thing in early September, where I can tell you all about it. More about that later.

[long design @longdesign]

How time wears things down https://t.co/BN9BcLB0mF ht @iamjchapman #mononoaware

[long design @longdesign]

This is an excellent argument any time, but it’s especially relevant right now: https://t.co/7CHZUTMINL @iFixit @kwiens #RightToRepair

[long design @longdesign]

“Constant on-the-nose reporting is a short-term, and shortsighted, approach that’s difficult to resist. A view from a loftier perch — a month’s, or even just a week’s, perspective — would, and will, produce far more reliable information.” https://t.co/eY7kfSSkJM