Good products are designed with the end in mind. The DFL design process purposefully makes plans for all components to be recycled, repurposed, or even peer-to-peer traded. When it comes...
Life changes, and the products that support our lives should change along with us. A DFL product is designed with interchangeable, adaptable, or modular components that enable customers to alter...
The push towards sustainability has permeated almost every industry in the world. From green architecture to sustainable skincare products, countless companies have made it their mission to replace nonrenewable or toxic materials...
Selling something is a promise. Reliability and quality are a top priority, from the design-concept phase to the delivery of goods. A Designed for Life product aims to last at...
Thoughtful design leads to thoughtful consumption. The DFL vision compels designers and manufacturers to set high standards for both the lifecycle of the product and the way the company operates...
If an item cannot be maintained – in part, or in full – it’s likely to meet its demise much sooner than intended. Designed for Life products are thoughtfully engineered...
If you don’t love it, you won’t keep it. Viscerally pleasing design is a hallmark of the Designed for Life approach. Fads, trends, or limited editions are incorporated in transient...
It is critical for everyone to understand that designers have power to define the physical world we live in. Our constructed environments are the result of the decisions some designers...
We are in the middle of a crisis. A crisis that has put on pause many aspects of our lives. This pause makes us think and perhaps question things around...