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“We cannot recycle our way out of this situation..” Let’s read about latest achievements in EU regulations on our rights to repair; we talked to Cristina Ganapini, Right to Repair Europe coordinator whose job is to keep the MEPs under pressure.   Talking Repairably spoke to Cristina...
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Bratislava, November 24 – The non-profit organisation Repairably has awarded a new certificate of repairability. It has been issued to the SHARVAN folding and growing bicycle. Thanks to the certificate, the manufacturer has the right to label the bike as repairable. This makes it one...
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We would like to share with you our stories inspired by the long lockdown period, written and accompanied by sketches made by our team members. Please continue reading. In the time b.c., in this case, means “before Covid”, we were stuck in our consumption line...
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The National Design Award is held every two years. Thanks to the cooperation with the Slovak Design Center, since 2019 we have been able to award ideas in the field of repairable design. We are glad that the year 2021 also came along with innovative...
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This year Repairably in collaboration with the Slovak Center of Design awarded the Prize for Repairable Design for the first time. The Repairably prize formed part of the Slovak National Design Prize in the field of industrial design, which takes place every 2 years. We...
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The article “Repair has got future” was published in the design magazine Designum 2/2019, which is edited by the Slovak Design Center. It is the only professional magazine in Slovakia specialised in all fields of design, including up-to-date information about contemporary Slovak and foreign design,...
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Circular Slovakia is a public-private platform, which aims to help Slovakia to transition to the circular economy. The circular economy aims to maintain the value of products, materials and resources for as long as possible while minimising the generation of waste and the use of...
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A new mobile phone each year, a vacuum cleaner, a thinner laptop – our consumption of electronics is growing and together with it, the amount of electronic waste that we create each year. New appliances can benefit from some recyclable parts, another small part is...
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Repairably Manifesto gets new updates! Every day, we learn more about the products, producers, production and transportation methods, consumers and their needs, or data about the waste and resources. Repair related knowledge is continuously growing with the interest the topic is recently getting. All this information...
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24th of May, Bratislava – Second ever repairability certificate has been awarded in Slovakia. The awarded producer is OCTAGO corporation, who received the recognition for its Rack MX fitness construction. Repairably, the independent certification body, has been glad to award the certificate to a product that...
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29th of November, Bratislava – The Slovak non-profit organization Repairably awarded its first comprehensive certificate of repairability in November. The awardee is JRK Waste Management, a producer of garden composters. Thanks to the certification of repairability customers will be able to identify products, which are...
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We were curious how the people in our home country- Slovakia sees the product repairability. Are they still able to repair using their own hands as it was common in the past? Are they conscious about the circular economy? Do they care? And what (the...
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Spoločnosť, ktorá pomáha zlepšiť odpadové hospodárstvo, znižovať množstvo komunálneho odpadu a tiež predchádzať jeho vzniku podporou triedenia. Ich cieľom je trvalo udržateľný rozvoj, ktorý stavajú na troch pilieroch prepájajúcich biznis, ekológiu a spoločensky zodpovedný prístup. Vďaka ich zanietenosti získali niekoľko ocenení a vlani sa stali...
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Name: Lily Limmer Organization: Warner Bros Position: Sustainability Officer Web: https://lilylimmer.co.uk/ Social media: https://www.instagram.com/lili.limmer/ Questions: How would you define your life philosophy in 1 phrase? LL: Oh, I was actually thinking about it the other day.. I don’t know how to put this eloquently, but...
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Talking Repairably with Gauthier Roussilhe. We met at the Design Does event in Barcelona, and it became obvious instantaneously that Gauthier´s words will be a mental energetic drink for our readers. Gauthier is an autonomous designer, teacher and thinker.   How would you define your...
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London to Brussels, for the latest episode of Talking Repairably, we caught up with one of the most inspiring and devoted environmental activists based in Europe. Not only is she coordinating the European campaign Right to Repair, she has also founded a sustainability education initiative...
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Talking Repairably with Pavol Mikuláš, designer and the winner of the Repairability Prize 2019, within the Slovak National Design Prize for industrial design. We had the pleasure to award the Repairability Prize to the hands of Pavol, a designer who connects physics and nature to...
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The summer edition of Talking Repairably 2020 brings interview with the Spanish designer Alex Fernandez Camps. His words and design clearly reflect the period we are currently living as well as his open character. Alex, the love is mutual! How would you define your design...
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Talking Repairably with Ferdinand Chrenka. This time we would like to present designer from Feromon Design Studio and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, leader of the Atelier of industrial design. His answers to our simple questions reveal his creative...
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Talking Repairably with Taina Campos and Jeremy Godel. In our first series of Talking Repairably, we present the designers from Frame Design Studio, based in Mexico City and Paris. With their Eco Luggage design, they succeeded to win the Cradle to Cradle design Challenge in...
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If products are repairable, they can be used longer. If products are used longer, the demand for products must surely decline. If demand declines, business loses. Correct? Well, we don’t think so.

To illustrate the potential of repairably in creating a powerfull ecosystem, we have gathered a collection of short fictional stories from the near future..

As cliche as it may sound, making the world repairably better is our goal. So where do we start? What are our plans? How and where could you join us?