CONNECTING COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTDOOR SPACES
Design Thinking - Fall ‘21
Create an innovative service that would be beneficial to the students and outdoor community of Oregon State University.
GOAL
The University already operates a fully functioning bike shop that performs repairs, tune-ups, and adjustments.
WHY
STOP
THERE?
Let’s design a service to help repair the clothing and textile gear that helps propel individuals into the outdoors.
A BIG REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT
The EPA reports that Americans generate 16 million tons of textile waste a year, equaling just over six percent of total municipal waste
On average, 700,000 tons of used clothing gets exported overseas and 2.5 million tons of clothing are recycled.
Info Source: GreenAmerica.Org
WITH THAT
:
I felt that I should try to design a service to reduce the textile waste that is coming out of my local community and University.
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Tom
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Afterwords
I concluded that all of the students felt that new gear was not feasible for them to purchase, and they are better off using their old gear, which was often not suitable for extreme outdoor conditions.
We will create a gear repair service, which will:
