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Design For (Your) Product Lifetime Student Challenge: Resources for Guidance and Inspiration

By Core Jr - Oct 18, 2012

The deadline for the Design for (Your) Product Lifetime Student Challenge is one month away! The challenge, sponsored by Autodesk and iFixit is Core77's second in this series created for students and recent graduates worldwide. Although many of the entries are coming in through class activities, there are plenty of online resources to help you envision and design a new "smart" product that's also smarter environmentally on your own or with a team of friends. In addition to Autodesk Software (available free for students), check out this video series that outlines and explains sustainable design principles for engineers and architects.

With Improving Product Lifetime, you can learn how to decide on the right strategies for optimizing a product's life and end-of-life.
Design for Durability explores how you can make your product durable—not only by resisting physical damage and wear, but also by staying relevant
Design for Disassembly and Recycling offers tips and tricks for making your designs easy to take apart and recycle
Design for Repair and Upgrade will help ensure your products can keep living even if some of their components don't.

There are underlying patterns to how we all interact with our environment and with each other. To get a better sense of how you can incorporate strategies to shape and influence behavior in your project, check out the Design for Intent Toolkit—which was created by Dan Lockton, one of our judges for this second challenge. The Toolkit includes 101 of these strategies and is organized in a series of method cards that can be used to prompt your creativity and inspire you toward success. And, iFixit's Troubleshooting Forum is also a great place to share ideas, ask questions and think through your project. Wherever you are in your design process for this challenge, check out these resources for inspiration, education and practical support. Deadline for entries is November 15, 2012!

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By Core Jr - Sep 24, 2012

Design For (Your) Product Lifetime Student Challenge: Recap of IDSA x Coroflot Portfolio Review

Last month, we took our show on the road at the IDSA International Conference in Boston. As part of Coroflot's Student Portfolio Review which takes place each year at IDSA, the Design For (Your) Product Lifetime Student Challenge and the good folks at Autodesk hosted a local beer and lobster...
Design for (Your) Product Lifetime

By Core Jr - Jul 19, 2012

Design for Your Product Lifetime Student Challenge: Meet the Partners and a New Deadline, November 15th!

Core77's Design For (Your) Product Lifetime Student Challenge is off and running. In its second installment, this challenge, focused on product design for durability and reparability, is the creative vision of many partners including Autodesk, iFixit, Makeshift Magazine and Core77.Drawing on their knowledge of the principles and practice of sustainable...
Design for (Your) Product Lifetime

By Core Jr - Jul 09, 2012

Announcing the Design for (Your) Product Lifetime Student Challenge

When I was a kid, my friend's Dad spent his whole weekend fixing stuff. He'd sit at his workbench and repair old phones, old radios, gadgets and appliances. I never understood why, never saw any value in those old electronics and couldn't imagine why anyone would ever repair old stuff...
Design for (Your) Product Lifetime

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By Core Jr - Jun 30, 2012

Design for (Your) Product Lifetime Student Challenge: Overview

Background Through sensors, data and mobile technology, "smart" products provide us with a wealth of intelligence and feedback, changing how we interact with objects, buildings, and each other. More and more products come with some form of electronics, and these are increasingly made hard to repair. We throw away millions of...