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Thonet-stoel repaired by Harco Rutgers. Photograph by Leo Veger

You’ve seen Platform 21’s Repair Manifesto before. If you will be in Milan this month don’t miss the Premsela Design Forum, a discussion on the value of repairing things in a throwaway society:

At the Design Forum in Milan on Wednesday 22 April, Premsela, Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion, will focus on an all-but-forgotten alternative to recycling: repairing broken and damaged items.

Speakers Piet Hein Eek (designer), Corinne Poux-Bernard (Director of Innovations, Hermes), Satyendra Pakhale (cultural nomad) and Joanna van der Zanden (Artistic Director, Platform21), led by moderator Marco Bevolo (independent author), will share their views on the value of repair in the context of the global economic crisis.

Click below to read more about the manifesto.

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