Participatory Research and Design for Repair of customers’ IKEA furniture: Prolonging the life of IKEA furniture through Creative Repair

Valuable resources are discarded on a daily basis, in the form of home furniture. Tonnes of prematurely disposed, functional and repairable furniture is often destined for landfill or incineration, with small proportions recycled. The emergent sustainability needs of the planet, and changing policies for repair of consumer products, drives the...

Service Model For The Adoption Of Washable Diapers

Research<br/>Disposable diapers require a large amount of new material and put a large pressure on Dutch waste disposal services. Washable diapers are a cheaper and supposedly more environmentally friendly alternative to disposables. Yet they are a niche product. This project aims to design a product service for Toddy to increase the acceptance...

Display Repair: Battling Premature Obsolescence in Smartphones by Stimulating Repair Actions

With over 6 billion smartphones in use worldwide, high emissions and a considerable amount of e-waste, there is a need for a more sustainable approach. One such an approach is prolonging the use-times of smartphones, and for that repair should be popularised. This thesis examines how to prolong the use-time of smartphones through stimulating...

How to support Gen-Y consumers to start investing sustainably

Investing has become a hot topic among the younger generation since the Covid-19 crisis. However, much of its potential is still unused, as seen in a big group of the younger generation which is positive to start but procrastinates this decision. While this younger generation would like to make a positive impact with their money on the...

The making of a sustainability label: Can a sustainability label change the textile industry

The textile industry is one of the largest industries in the world. It brings economic wealth to many countries but is also one of the largest contributors to environmental pollution. Textile companies nowadays often mention sustainability in their business models. However, it is noticed that consumers do not trust the word sustainability when...