Trying to repair almost anything can be a frustrating exercise. Repair is made more difficult by the way devices are designed and the ability to repair a device could be improved greatly if different design decisions were made. This moment in time demands a new generation of designers, engineers and makers to consider how to make products that can be more easily and safely repaired by more people.

My guest on this episode is Jude Pullen, a creative technologist from the UK. "What's really exciting, both about technology and creativity, is putting them side by side and seeing why we do things and considering what we can do given the capabilities of technology and our own imagination." Pullen's curiosity about why he couldn't easily replace the batteries in his headphones led him to explore the reasons why repair has become even more difficult over time. He wrote a multi-part series called "The Fight For Repair" on Design Spark.

https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/the-fight-to-repair-intro

The global Right to Repair movement was a subject we featured in Make: Magazine Volume 80 last year, The War on Repair.

For a transcript, video and photos, check out the companion article on Makezine:
https://makezine.com/article/electronics/design_to_repair/

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