An open Zoom discussion on the place of repair in design & engineering education.

1. Welcome to
Repairable by design
#repairablebydesign
An open discussion on how we exactly we
should be teaching repair.
October 22nd 2021 / Zoom

2. Chaired by
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
@iotwatch on twitter

3. a trustee of
The Restart Project
@RestartProject on twitter

4. About the conversation
An open discussion on how we exactly we
should be teaching repair.
•Sharing best practice openly
•Taking this conversation forward
eg. EIT Raw Materials Call (deadline: November 19th)

5. Agenda
14:00-05 Settling in
14:05-15 Roundtable intros
14:15 How do you teach / learn about repair
today? (3 minutes each)
14:50 Sharing resources & best practices
15:00 End

6. What we know exists out there
•Repair through grass roots organisations like repair
cafés
•Ad-hoc repair in maker space communities
•Limited training for industrial designers
•Limited training for engineers

7. Restart’s work
• 10-session programme for schools:
https://therestartproject.org/restart-at-school/
• Materials Matter (guided exploration of the materials that make up a
smartphone): https://therestartproject.org/critical-raw-materials-
matter/
• Restart Podcast archive (large collection of repair-related topics,
many of which incorporate product design & engineering):
https://therestartproject.org/podcast/

8. Education
• Fixperts classes http://fixperts.org/resources/
• Reimagining practical learning in schools (October 2021)
https://www.raeng.org.uk/publications/other/reimagining-practical-
learning-in-secondary-school
• Repair is included as part of the ID course in
https://www.ntnu.edu/design

9. Industrial Design
• Alex Kimber’s webinar
• 2021 paper on integrating repair into product design education
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354469189_Integrating_Re
pair_into_Product_Design_Education_Insights_on_Repair_Design_a
nd_Sustainability
• A 2015 white paper on remanufacturing:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/81117047.pdf

10. Physical/Digital
• Better IoT https://betteriot.wordpress.com/
• Digital design and ethics https://betteriot.wordpress.com/design-
and-ethics/
• BBC Human Values https://humanvalues.io

11. Construction
• Design for disassembly in the built environment
https://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/docs/DfDseattle.pdf
• LETI London retrofit guide
https://www.leti.london/retrofit

12. Other
• Repair Diaries project https://opendott.org/repair-diaries/
• Kickstarter’s environmental guidelines
https://www.kickstarter.com/environment
• Ecotronics course https://www.ecotronics.fi/