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All content directed, written and (partially) edited by John Mauriello. John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of industrial design at California College of the Arts.
Main video edit by Brad Heath.
This video is about why designing repairable products is not as simple as you think. Many people think it doesn't happen because of corporate greed. While that is certain one reason, there are many other far less malicious reasons for the lack of repairability we see in our devices.
Main Works Cited:
The Right to Repair: Reclaiming the Things We Own
Buy the book here: amzn.to/3ZnpfzS
Other works were cited but in a smaller capacity. When referenced, they are displayed in the bottom left corner of the video.
0:00 Intro
1:10 Misaligned Incentives
4:13 Storyblocks sponsor
5:23 Deeply Entrenched Corporate Structures
6:40 Customer Expectations
9:30 Planned Obsolescence
10:13 Thin, Sleek, and Minimalistic=Quality???
13:34 Repairability and Backwards Compatibility
16:34 Product Architecture
19:13 Increased Complexity
22:09 Laws
25:53 What Should We Do???
Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: storyblocks.com/designtheory
BECOME A PATRON: patreon.com/JohnMauriello
Sign up to learn more about the design book that we're going to publish: studioello.com/mail
Check out my online industrial design course, Form Fundamentals: bit.ly/335vsqO
CHECK OUT MY OTHER SOCIALS:
DISCORD: discord.gg/hFw55nh
TWITTER: twitter.com/john_mauriello
IG: instagram.com/mauriellodesign
LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/mauriellojohn
All content directed, written and (partially) edited by John Mauriello. John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of industrial design at California College of the Arts.
Main video edit by Brad Heath.
This video is about why designing repairable products is not as simple as you think. Many people think it doesn't happen because of corporate greed. While that is certain one reason, there are many other far less malicious reasons for the lack of repairability we see in our devices.
Main Works Cited:
The Right to Repair: Reclaiming the Things We Own
Buy the book here: amzn.to/3ZnpfzS
Other works were cited but in a smaller capacity. When referenced, they are displayed in the bottom left corner of the video.
0:00 Intro
1:10 Misaligned Incentives
4:13 Storyblocks sponsor
5:23 Deeply Entrenched Corporate Structures
6:40 Customer Expectations
9:30 Planned Obsolescence
10:13 Thin, Sleek, and Minimalistic=Quality???
13:34 Repairability and Backwards Compatibility
16:34 Product Architecture
19:13 Increased Complexity
22:09 Laws
25:53 What Should We Do???
