People tend to give more attention to the products they feel attached to and exhibit preservative behaviours to keep them for a longer time (Mugge et al., 2008). Maintenance and repair, named as product care behaviours by Ackermann (2018), are examples of the user’s preservation method that strengthens the user-product relationship and eventually leads to a longer usage period. That is why these activities require a closer look of the researchers in the design for sustainability area, since the pile of prematurely thrown away products is getting bigger every day while resources are constantly depleting. Therefore, in this paper, findings from and insights into a graduate research will be presented, focusing on the implications of product ca...
Consumers play an essential role in efforts to extend product lifetimes (PL) and consumers’ practic...
The relevance of persuasion for product care. Aiming at increasing users’ interest in sustainable co...
Taking care of products is an important aspect of sustainable consumer behaviour, because it is an a...
peer-reviewedPeople tend to give more attention to the products they feel attached to and exhibit pr...
Building on the work undertaken in the ‘Caring Project’ (Gwilt, Leaver, Fisher, Young. 2015), this s...
This paper explores user perspectives about product repair to prolong product lifespan towards the c...
Traces of ageing and use on the material of products, and memories associated with products, have be...
Traces of ageing and use on the material of products, and memories associated with products, have be...
Product care is defined as all activities initiated by the consumer that lead to the extension of a ...
To contribute to a more sustainable way of consumption, products should stay usable as long as possi...
To prolong product lifetimes, consumer behaviour in relation to everyday possessions is likely to ev...
Background: Taking care of products is a relevant approach to prolong products’ lifetimes and retain...
This paper explores the narrative of peoples' relationships with products as a window on understandi...
Product repair can decrease the ecological burden of consumer electronicsby lengthening their lifeti...
This paper aims to show that innovation is not how a product can do something differently or better,...
Consumers play an essential role in efforts to extend product lifetimes (PL) and consumers’ practic...
The relevance of persuasion for product care. Aiming at increasing users’ interest in sustainable co...
Taking care of products is an important aspect of sustainable consumer behaviour, because it is an a...
peer-reviewedPeople tend to give more attention to the products they feel attached to and exhibit pr...
Building on the work undertaken in the ‘Caring Project’ (Gwilt, Leaver, Fisher, Young. 2015), this s...
This paper explores user perspectives about product repair to prolong product lifespan towards the c...
Traces of ageing and use on the material of products, and memories associated with products, have be...
Traces of ageing and use on the material of products, and memories associated with products, have be...
Product care is defined as all activities initiated by the consumer that lead to the extension of a ...
To contribute to a more sustainable way of consumption, products should stay usable as long as possi...
To prolong product lifetimes, consumer behaviour in relation to everyday possessions is likely to ev...
Background: Taking care of products is a relevant approach to prolong products’ lifetimes and retain...
This paper explores the narrative of peoples' relationships with products as a window on understandi...
Product repair can decrease the ecological burden of consumer electronicsby lengthening their lifeti...
This paper aims to show that innovation is not how a product can do something differently or better,...
Consumers play an essential role in efforts to extend product lifetimes (PL) and consumers’ practic...
The relevance of persuasion for product care. Aiming at increasing users’ interest in sustainable co...
Taking care of products is an important aspect of sustainable consumer behaviour, because it is an a...