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unconsumption: A new project by recent Eindhoven grad Eugenia Morpurgo challenges consumers to take matters into their own hands by empowering them to maintain their canvas flats with a kit of replacement parts. Morpurgo’s Repair It Yourself shoes snap together and come apart easily so that the insole and outsole can be replaced. Three separate kits equip users to mend the uppers by darning, patching, or felting. According to the designer: “Shoes are one of those products that, with the rise of consumerism and mass production, evolved drastically from a completely repairable object; and the active social-economical structure that existed around shoe repair is slowly disappearing… . This project brings back in the hand of the consumers tools and knowledge for repairing.” (via Almost Genius: A Modular Kit Of Shoes, Which You Can Fix Yourself | Co.Design) More on mending in earlier Unconsumption posts here. There’s this kiosk next to the grocery store on Broadway that repairs shoes. Mostly Birkenstocks and stuff, but I think it’s fascinating.

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unconsumption:

A new project by recent Eindhoven grad Eugenia Morpurgo challenges consumers to take matters into their own hands by empowering them to maintain their canvas flats with a kit of replacement parts.

Morpurgo’s Repair It Yourself shoes snap together and come apart easily so that the insole and outsole can be replaced. Three separate kits equip users to mend the uppers by darning, patching, or felting.

According to the designer:

“Shoes are one of those products that, with the rise of consumerism and mass production, evolved drastically from a completely repairable object; and the active social-economical structure that existed around shoe repair is slowly disappearing… . This project brings back in the hand of the consumers tools and knowledge for repairing.”

(via Almost Genius: A Modular Kit Of Shoes, Which You Can Fix Yourself | Co.Design)

More on mending in earlier Unconsumption posts here.

There’s this kiosk next to the grocery store on Broadway that repairs shoes. Mostly Birkenstocks and stuff, but I think it’s fascinating.

♥ Jan 22nd at 3PM / via: ohnodeadpixel / op: unconsumption / reblog / 164 notes
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    Repairing what we already have is much better that replacement. This modular based concept, like the shelving systems,...
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    this is what i call efficient designing.. and what i want to be a part of.
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    i wish this would actually get sold somewhere i love the idea!
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    There’s this kiosk next to the grocery store on Broadway that repairs shoes. Mostly Birkenstocks and stuff, but I think...
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    What a great idea. shoe repair is expensive, and let’s be serious, it takes some time (if we ever) actually get around...
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