Get Out & Face the Rain

i met this guy once on the stairs in my old apartment , while he was stealing my Sunday newspaper—true story, who was wearing this 1970's-ish tweed 3 piece suit seemingly going to or from church with a thick mustache and, of course, my newspaper in his hands. I told him he had my paper. He pleaded innocent, about 5 times before telling me that I would owe him a dollar if I took it from him. I eventually shamed him into giving me my paper back.

You know, I kinda wish I would have offered him some coffee and had split the paper with him instead.

These posts could have been fodder for conversation between us. Or, maybe he would have just ignored me and asked for the Sports section back.

I dunno, something to think about.

Joel
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unconsumption: A new project by recent Eindhoven grad Eugenia Morpurgo challenges consumers to take matters into their own hands by empowering them to maintain their canvas flats with a kit of replacement parts. Morpurgo’s Repair It Yourself shoes snap together and come apart easily so that the insole and outsole can be replaced. Three separate kits equip users to mend the uppers by darning, patching, or felting. According to the designer: “Shoes are one of those products that, with the rise of consumerism and mass production, evolved drastically from a completely repairable object; and the active social-economical structure that existed around shoe repair is slowly disappearing… . This project brings back in the hand of the consumers tools and knowledge for repairing.” (via Almost Genius: A Modular Kit Of Shoes, Which You Can Fix Yourself | Co.Design) More on mending in earlier Unconsumption posts here.

unconsumption:

A new project by recent Eindhoven grad Eugenia Morpurgo challenges consumers to take matters into their own hands by empowering them to maintain their canvas flats with a kit of replacement parts.

Morpurgo’s Repair It Yourself shoes snap together and come apart easily so that the insole and outsole can be replaced. Three separate kits equip users to mend the uppers by darning, patching, or felting.

According to the designer:

“Shoes are one of those products that, with the rise of consumerism and mass production, evolved drastically from a completely repairable object; and the active social-economical structure that existed around shoe repair is slowly disappearing… . This project brings back in the hand of the consumers tools and knowledge for repairing.”

(via Almost Genius: A Modular Kit Of Shoes, Which You Can Fix Yourself | Co.Design)

More on mending in earlier Unconsumption posts here.

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    Repairing what we already have is much better that replacement. This modular based concept, like the shelving systems,...
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    this is what i call efficient designing.. and what i want to be a part of.
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    i wish this would actually get sold somewhere i love the idea!
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    There’s this kiosk next to the grocery store on Broadway that repairs shoes. Mostly Birkenstocks and stuff, but I think...
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    What a great idea. shoe repair is expensive, and let’s be serious, it takes some time (if we ever) actually get around...
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