Environmental Concerns - Obsolescence

Obsolescence is a major feature in creating products using the lens of lowest cost manufacturing. If a product can be produced cheaply enough with a 90 day warranty isn't that good enough? In the past, I have designed furniture for projects where the manufacturer specifically has 5 year replacement cycle in mind. If those same pieces had been created with a 10 year cycle in mind, the need for recycling is immediately cut in half. Simply buying more durable or more repairable products, then properly maintaining them, creates the potential to cut vast amounts from the waste stream. If you pay 30 - 50% more for a product that has 200% of the anticipated life, that is a bargain for both you and the environment. I spent a good part of my designer career making hand made, one-of-a-kind furnishings. Furniture designed to last a lifetime, them be handed down to the next lifetime. Fewer objects produced today are worthy of passing on to another generation. Our consumption habits have moved ever more toward maximizing quantity over quality. We want to provide the opportunity for you to choose quality and durability over quantity and offer a choice of products designed and manufactured to be worthy of handing down to the next generation of furniture lovers.