Maxime Geib
MA work
MA work
Our economic system is based on a continuous production of things that have to be sold to feed the machine of production.

Since the 1950s, planned obsolescence, or the design of products to fail within a short life span, has been in wide use throughout various industries. It is a core hidden strategy to increase consumerism, both affecting and decreasing our global resources.

This project aims to explore how we can plan the non-obsolescence of objects, to reduce waste and to create a better understanding of our relationship with the products surrounding us.

Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Design
Programme
MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2011
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Contact
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+44 (0)7564 035 440

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Our economic system is based on a continuous production of things that have to be sold to feed the machine of production.

Since the 1950s, planned obsolescence, or the design of products to fail within a short life span, has been in wide use throughout various industries. It is a core hidden strategy to increase consumerism, both affecting and decreasing our global resources.

This project aims to explore how we can plan the non-obsolescence of objects, to reduce waste and to create a better understanding of our relationship with the products surrounding us.

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Degrees
- MA, Luxury Goods Design, Creative Academy, Milan, Italy, 2009; MEng, Mechanical Engineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, 2007
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Experience
- Watches and accessories design, IWC, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 2009-10; Flexible pipelines engineering, Technip, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008-9; Product design, Dièdre Design, Versailles, France, 2007; Structure dynamics and vibrations engineering, BMW, Munich, Germany, 2006