repair is beautiful collection by paulo goldstein

‘repair is beautiful’ collection by paulo goldstein

‘repair is beautiful’ by brazilian designer paulo goldstein began with the idea of solving frustration. a broken object delivers frustration because it doesn’t achieve its functionality, but the same principle applies to a broken system that caused the financial crisis, which has affected our lives since 2008.

in a time of uncertainty, taking things into our own hands and having the feeling of control back can be very therapeutic. the project aims to give back this feeling of control – by scaling down a major society problem to a human size and projecting problems upon broken objects that can be repaired through design and craftsmanship. the final outcome is a collection of intriguingly repaired objects imbued with new meaning and functionality. the once rejected objects reflect the environment that created them and call us to question our society as a whole.

repaired anglepoise

repaired anglepoise

repaired headphone

repaired director’s chair

repaired director’s chair

repaired iPod shuffle

repaired iPod shuffle

repaired iPod and headphone being tested

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.