What do you do if your smartphone's screen gets smashed or your bike wheel gets buckled? You could buy a replacement. Or you could go to a “repair café”.
Third Repair Café at The Goodlife Centre Gathers Momentum Last Saturday’s Repair Cafe at The Goodlife Centre in Waterloo was buzzing. Word is getting out that things can be fixed not thrown and we are here to help. With the support of the fabulous people at Restart, who fixed laptops...
Host a Repair Cafe: YuKonstruct runs a Repair Cafe on the fourth Friday of every month. The Repair Cafe is an opportunity for people to bring in their broken items to learn how to fix them. We've worked on everything from jewelry to a vintage Geiger counter. Why should…
Don't toss that broken toaster or blender just yet. Repair cafes are coming to Portland, with the goal of fixing items -- for free, no less -- to keep them out of landfills.
Repair cafés around the world offer you guidance in repairing the broken tech in your life.
Third Repair Café at The Goodlife Centre Gathers Momentum Last Saturday’s Repair Cafe at The Goodlife Centre in Waterloo was buzzing. Word is getting out that things can be fixed not thrown and we are here to help. With the support of the fabulous people at Restart, who fixed laptops...
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If you've ever found yourself on the phone with a customer service representative telling you it would cost more to fix your electric tea kettle than to
#_EVENTLINK Lire la suite Voir tous les conseils & astuces Voir toutes les nouvelles En plus des Pays-Bas, il existe des Repair Cafés en Belgique, en Allemagne, en France, au Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis et dans des dizaines d’autres pays à travers le monde. Le Repair Café est même arrivé en ...
Platform21calls themselves a design platform (“curiously exploring”, “strangely optimistic”) but other people call them change agents, and that definitely describes them. Witness their latest project, Repair Manifesto. In eloquent, energizing statements, it expounds the coolness of repair. (Check out #5 and #7.) It has hit a nerve, racing through the internet like wildfire. Platform21 hopes to start a movement of repair, of people sharing knowledge and skills about how to repair things, inspiring each other. Their website is a hub of information, labs, events, contests, talks, dialogues, and photos that inspire and facilitate repair. There are repairs by artists, like
We specialize in commercial upholstery and vinyl repairs. We serve businesses in the surrounding Chicago land area.
The Dutch-born repair cafe movement is a hit with consumers looking to save money and waste less.
Our relationship with our stuff has spiraled out of control. We buy things, use them for a short while, and then rapidly replace them with the next model.
Before you toss out that malfunctioning hair dryer, toaster, or other small appliance, make sure the problem isn't an easy one to fix. Learn troubleshooting tips for all types of small appliances.
[caption id="attachment_169724" align="alignright" width="292"] [Source: 1950s Television][/caption]My first job out of high school was in a TV shop. I was hired mainly for muscle; this was the early ...
