Zagging Against Planned Obsolescence

Planned obsolescence is the design and manufacture of products that are deliberately intended to have a limited useful life – the result is that you are forced into an everlasting cycle of replacing, repurchasing and repeating.

Since 1959 Vitsœ has made furniture that last a lifetime, always striving to be better rather than newer. In this video they take an explicit stance against against this world of waste.

A great example of the ‘Enlightened Zagger’, deliberately swimming against the prevailing cultural current – in this case the notion that ‘new’ should mean more desirable, or more improved.