Design to Dematerialise & Develop Systems & Services
This strategy shows how systems and services provide access to the function or benefit of the product without the consumer having to own the product. It is a systematic way of thinking, where everything is connected like a complex web of relationships. It highlights the multi-functional development of on-line/local communities.
There are hundreds of maintenance and repair services that offer help restoring damage to garments like keepandshare which I looked at in a previous post, and thus a rising culture in sharing and collaborative consumption. Ebay is the father of this idea, allowing you to buy and sell without dealing with a middle man. There are also systems which offer free or cheap goods in either new or used conditions:
Free-Cycle.org - 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'
Free Cycle is a service where you can collect goods that many people are uninterested in or do not use anymore. Not only is it an entirely non-profit movement but it promotes waste reduction as instead of throwing out an item you dislike, you can forward it to someone who does. It supports the re-use theory as it is a way of recycling something you don't want that others might have a use for. In London where items are regularly dumped on the street, it is an ecological and environmentally friendly way to dispose of unwanted possessions. They may not be worth much but there will definitely be someone who can find a use for it.
I have to say over the past month of living in my new house my flatmate has acquired us goods ranging from chairs, to televisions to bags, beanbags and printers.
Boris bikes or Barclays Cycle Hire are a fantastic example of a service that everyone can use easily whenever and wherever they want. For the cost of a £1 you can hire out the BCH bikes for 24 hours and it is only £45 for the year. It is such a great method of transport that Boris johnson hopes will become as popular as black cabs or red buses around the streets of London.
This strategy shows how systems and services provide access to the function or benefit of the product without the consumer having to own the product. It is a systematic way of thinking, where everything is connected like a complex web of relationships. It highlights the multi-functional development of on-line/local communities.
There are hundreds of maintenance and repair services that offer help restoring damage to garments like keepandshare which I looked at in a previous post, and thus a rising culture in sharing and collaborative consumption. Ebay is the father of this idea, allowing you to buy and sell without dealing with a middle man. There are also systems which offer free or cheap goods in either new or used conditions:
Free-Cycle.org - 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'
Free Cycle is a service where you can collect goods that many people are uninterested in or do not use anymore. Not only is it an entirely non-profit movement but it promotes waste reduction as instead of throwing out an item you dislike, you can forward it to someone who does. It supports the re-use theory as it is a way of recycling something you don't want that others might have a use for. In London where items are regularly dumped on the street, it is an ecological and environmentally friendly way to dispose of unwanted possessions. They may not be worth much but there will definitely be someone who can find a use for it.
I have to say over the past month of living in my new house my flatmate has acquired us goods ranging from chairs, to televisions to bags, beanbags and printers.
Boris Bikes
Boris bikes or Barclays Cycle Hire are a fantastic example of a service that everyone can use easily whenever and wherever they want. For the cost of a £1 you can hire out the BCH bikes for 24 hours and it is only £45 for the year. It is such a great method of transport that Boris johnson hopes will become as popular as black cabs or red buses around the streets of London.
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