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Cheers Josh, it's good to get a range of different comments. Just to help explain a little more... A company called Dualit produce a toaster that may be very expensive, but it is completely repairable. While many people buy a bog standard on which is much cheaper, and potentially more likely to break, this Dualit toaster may be cheaper in the long run, a toaster for life. I think it is possible to do this with more products, much like how you would sew a new button onto a shirt if you loose it, a product that would hopefully change the mindset of throwing away without second thought. What products do you all treasure and would much rather keep and fix than throw away completely and why?

This is true, everyone is used to the technology we don't necessarily need and we crave that, I recon we can strip things down to their essentials making it easier to produce and understand. The point of this is to change that, even if it is a concept to propose an idea... Just to set the scene, I am a Product Design student in my final year, I understand what you were saying.

Cheers guys, great replies and feedback! The problem I am trying to overcome is that peoples mindsets sway towards 'if it breaks then I'll buy a new one', that said, obviously not everything can be fixed. I want to increase the users confidence in being able to disassemble products themselves with little/if any tooling.

Gu'day Everyone!! It's been a long time since I've been on the forum, but I was trying to think of somewhere where people love expressing there opinion and I landed back here! So just to give you all the low down... a new project I am working on regards new design economies (you don’t need to understand that haha), it's basically a new way of looking at design and its life cycle, for example, designing a product that after it has been used it can be put back into the earth to grow the raw materials for a new product. Imagine if you could put an old bike in the ground and a new one would grow... Two that I am looking into are: - ‘Repair’ which you should all be familiar with! - ‘Jugaad Innovation’ which isn't as obvious but we all do it. This is just a fancy name for all the bodge jobs we do, putting random objects in places to solve a problem that they were never intended for, a great example is that a friend made a chain tensioner with a steel rule and a cotton reel. Here's a few research questions if you’d be so kind: (you can see them as you will, try and relate them to all products you have, not just bikes) 1 - If something of breaks what is you first thought? 2 - Would you attempt to repair it? if not then why? 3- During repair, would you do it properly or go for a cheap bodge solution? 4 - What would you do if you if you couldn’t or didn’t want to repair it? 5 - What do you think is limiting products from being repair easily by the owner? 6- If you had a choice of buying something that is rated as being simple and easier to repair when broken, would you buy this over the standard? Or would it just be more hassle to do everything yourself? All replies are welcome, I hope you can all help, I appreciate that this is very wordy! Cheers guys! James Edit: I asked this further down so thought I would throw it in here. What products/things do you all treasure and would much rather keep and fix than throw away completely and why?

Cheers for all the feedback guys!! I do need to update those images, I know what you mean. That was my final year of 6th form project. Unfortunately the helmet is back home and I'm at uni. Cheers, funnily enough... you're not the first person to say that its a bit 'stormtrooper' like!! I will have to thin about making some gear to suit the helmet haha!!

Hello everyone! I'm a student at Plymouth University currently on my second year of product design. I've been studying product design since my first year of 6th form. Most recently I've been putting all my work together on an online portfolio... http://cargocollective.com/JForrestDesign This the my portfolio so far. Just thought I would share it with you all to see what you think and gain some feedback. Thanks all, James

Haha fair enough fella. Thats cool, I only really started using Solidworks last year, but its very similar to things I've used in the past... very easy to pick up. New planes is the key to making cool stuff, you should look into using composite curves (i think thats what they are called) you can get some really complex lines.

Really?? Solidworks is a 3D CAD modelling program... I study product design and use it for project development and visualisation. Why would you use it for 2D drawings? Nice work, I'm thinking of modelling a frame and some components soon. Do you use it for a particular course?

So it has been a while since I ask you all about your casts experiences... This CAD model is a concept for the shell of a forearm - wrist 'smart' cast. cheers, James

Hello everyone, Everyone loves a bit of banter... a housemate of mine at Uni was bored today and while I was out filmed this corker of a video!! Hope you all enjoy as much as I did when I watched it in Uni with everyone on my course. James.

Some people... are just too good!

Thats a good shout. I've always thought that the protectors would be good against general knocks and scuffs compared to a big hit... being carbon fibre n all i thought they would just crack and then a new one would be needed.

I think that goes down to personal preference... I'm studying product design so i can get really picky about things haha (my friends know this best when my bike is in question). But yeah, I could cut it down to make it nice and slick.

Exactly!! If it was a deeper and darker green... more like a 'British Racing Green'... it would look so much nicer, and it would also suit the 'Made in Britain' factor that Hope have! May have to look into a nice way of putting on a downtube protector.

I've thought about a protector... in the end its a trials bike and they tend to get a bit beaten up. I try to ride as smooth as i can which is a plus.