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Spoot: Spotted Early keeps self-repair in one place: one story so far. The section currently leads with “The sofa that fixes itself: five everyday objects quietly refusing to die”. A sofa that fixes itself. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every self-repair story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.

The sofa that fixes itself: five everyday objects quietly refusing to die
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The sofa that fixes itself: five everyday objects quietly refusing to die

A sofa that fixes itself. Not a sofa that looks like it fixes itself, or comes with a branded repair kit that costs more than the couch. A sofa that actually, structurally, refuses to die. That's the razor clam in this Dezeen roundup, and it's a good one. While governments drag their feet on right-to-repair legislation, designers are just… doing it. Reimagining our most-used objects so anyone with a screwdriver and some patience can keep them alive. It's quietly radical. The EU has some of the strictest rules around, but the real momentum is in the workshops. If you like this stubborn streak, you'll love our piece on tiny EVs that dare to be small and sharp. Same energy, fewer seat cushions.