The global repair network is still changing. It used to be very local: you used to bring your broken radio around the block. Now you just throw it away; at best, it is disassembled and reassembled into something else in Asia or Africa. You used to bring your car to the mechanic; now it is put on a bulk carrier shipped to Lagos. But repairing isn’t only fun, it also changes your perspective on materiality. Soon www.askthemechanic.com will be bought by www.instructables.com .
REPAIRING = CARING ➝ CRITICAL MAKING / MATT RATTO
CLAIRE & TIM, WINCHESTER ➝ WWW.LEARNINGTOLOVEYOUMORE.COM/REPORTS/67/CLAIRE_TIM.PHP
EVERYTHING IS WORTH REPAIRING
KIRSTEN GOEMAERE, GENT ➝ WWW.LEARNING TOLOVEYOUMORE.COM/REPORTS/67/GOEMAERE_KIRSTEN.PHP
PLATFORM 21 = REPAIRING IN NEW YORK
PHOTO: LINDSAY BLATT – WWW.LINDSAYBLATT.COM
PLATFORM 21 = REPAIRING IN NEW YORK
PHOTO: LINDSAY BLATT – WWW.LINDSAYBLATT.COM
PLATFORM 21 = REPAIRING
DISPATCHWORK AMSTERDAM, JAN VORMANN AND PLATFORM21. PHOTOGRAPHY JOHANNES ABELING
PLATFORM 21 = REPAIRING
PLATFORM 21 — WWW.PLATFORM21.NL
YOUR GRANDPARENTS REPAIRED ON A DAILY BASIS ➝ CO-WORKING / MICHELLE THORNE
DEUTSCHE FOTOTHEK
MOBILE REPAIR SERVICES IN INDIA ➝ CREATION & CO: USER PARTICIPATION IN DESIGN / PIETER JAN STAPPERS & CO
PHOTO: JAN CHIPCHASE ➝ JANCHIPCHASE.COM
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: TRASH OR TREASURE?
TUSSEN KUNST & KITSCH — AVRO
WHEN WILL WE BRING OUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO A CRAFTSMAN?
REPAIR & SHINE, NY SHOE REPAIRMEN BY LINDSAY BLATT ➝ WWW.LINDSAYBLATT.COM
THERE, I FIXED IT – REDNECK REPAIRS™
AUTHOR UNKNOWN, SOURCE: WWW.THEREIFIXEDIT.COM