Finding value in the damaged and the broken
If we can keep products in function for longer, then we lessen the impact on our planet
Transformative Repair is a research platform for investigating and cultivating new forms of creative repair practice among artists, designers, craftspeople and creative professionals.
We rarely repair and reuse objects these days, choosing instead to replace them with new and “better” versions. The significance of objects and the craft of repair have consequently lost their value in today’s world.
Finding value in the damaged and the broken
If we can keep products in function for longer, then we lessen the impact on our planet
Transformative Repair is a research platform for investigating and cultivating new forms of creative repair practice among artists, designers, craftspeople and creative professionals.
We rarely repair and reuse objects these days, choosing instead to replace them with new and “better” versions. The significance of objects and the craft of repair have consequently lost their value in today’s world.
Archaelogic Vase: Series 5, Guy Keulemans (2019). Photographed by Kristoffer Paulsen.
Archaelogic Vase: Series 5, Guy Keulemans (2019). Photographed by Kristoffer Paulsen.
About the project
Testing the viability of transformative repair in the market
The Transformative Repair platform was funded by the Australian Research Council between 2020 and 2025 and continues to generate new knowledge in design-based repair and reuse of consumer products to develop a new community of craft and design practitioners, audience and clientele.
It responds to the pressing cultural and environmental burden of product obsolescence and consumer waste through innovation in transformative repair – a designed reworking of broken or discarded consumer objects that transforms their aesthetic appeal and cultural value. It applies transition design theory to develop localised progressions of the transformative repair model to foster knowledge exchange between partner organisation while contributing to a sustainable design economy in Australia.
About the project
Testing the viability of trans formative repair in the market
The Transformative Repair platform was funded by the Australian Research Council between 2020 and 2025 and continues to generate new knowledge in design-based repair and reuse of consumer products to develop a new community of craft and design practitioners, audience and clientele.
It responds to the pressing cultural and environmental burden of product obsolescence and consumer waste through innovation in transformative repair – a designed reworking of broken or discarded consumer objects that transforms their aesthetic appeal and cultural value. It applies transition design theory to develop localised progressions of the transformative repair model to foster knowledge exchange between partner organisation while contributing to a sustainable design economy in Australia.