Case studies and articles

WikiHouse is an open source project to reinvent the way we make homes.

Vex Clothing provides a repair kit to mend tears and holes in their clothing. The kit includes: latex patches, rubber glue, and a sponge brush.

The Fairphone 2 is the first modular phone on the market. The company offers a webshop where customers can order spare parts.

 

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Clever Care is a series of tutorials created by Stella McCartney teaching customers t how to easily take care of garments in a sustainable manner.

PACK BAGS focuses on creating modular bags that can easily be assembled or disassembled.

Brabantia produces bins and ironing tables and currently supplies more than 100 products with a bronze Cradle to Cradle certificate.

HANWAG offers outdoor alpine footwear with purposefully high quality to extend the lifecycle of their products.

REIMA is a Swedish kids wear brand that has a number of post-consumer waste management initiatives in operation.

The Austrian city of Graz has become a non-proclaimed European capital of repair following the introduction of a new funding programme encouraging households to repair rather than replace their ele

Kings of Indigo (K.O.I) makes denim clothing. The company offers customers a Triple-R repair kit to enable them to repair and keep their jeans longer.

Oh My Brag offers bags made of eco-friendly leather and organic cotton. The CO2 emissions are covered with purchased carbon offsets, supporting the Envira Amazonia Project.

The Golden Joinery organizes workshops where people are invited to fix loved but damaged garments with golden yarns and fabric pieces. The concept is inspired by the Japanese technique Kintsugi.