ReCover اسمارٹ فون بازیافت کاری خدمت by Anastasia Klimova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award آسنین انعام in سسٹین ایبل پروڈکٹس، پراجیکٹس ءِ گرین ڈیزائن Competition Category.
آسنسسٹین ایبل پروڈکٹ· 2021
ReCover اسمارٹ فون بازیافت کاری خدمت
Client: Anastasia Klimova
A' Design Award آسنین انعام Winner in سسٹین ایبل پروڈکٹ Category
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About ReCover اسمارٹ فون بازیافت کاری خدمت
ریکور یک تصوراتی خدمت انت که اسمارٹ فون گوں والا آدمانی را اجازت دیت که آ اپہ کہنہ فونئے ویب کیم، سکیورٹی کیمرہ یا ٹچ پیڈ ءِ ھمرا مفید آلات ءَ بدل کننت۔ ریکور اپلیکیشن فون ءِ ہارڈویئر و فرم ویئر ءَ اسکین کنت و ماں فون ءِ حالت ءَ نظر داشت گوں مناسب اختیارات ءَ پیشکش کنت۔ یک کٹ آرڈر بیت، و یک نوکین آپریٹنگ سسٹم فون ءَ اش ءِ نوکین وظیفہ ءَ واستہ تیار کنت۔ فون یک کیس ءِ اندرا چیدگ بیت که آ انجیکشن مولڈڈ ری سائیکل شدہ اے بی ایس پلاسٹک ءَ جوڑ بوتگ انت۔ ریکور کہنہ فونانی لینڈفل ءَ راہی بوگ ءَ دور نگہ داریت و کم قیمت ءَ سرا مفید ہارڈویئر پیشکش کنت۔
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award آسنین انعام
ReCover اسمارٹ فون بازیافت کاری خدمت A' Design Award آسنین انعام ءِ ورگ آ انت، معزز اعتراف کہ آ جوانیں ڈیزائناں دیگ بیت کہ جوانیں ڈولا ڈیزائن کنگ بوتگیں تخلیقاں چہ متوقع پیشہ ورانہ ءُ صنعتی ضرورتاں پورا کننت۔ آسن ءِ ورگ آ وتی خالقاں ءِ مزن مہارت، اعلیٰ ماہری، ماہرانہ سمجھ ءُ تخلیقی صلاحیت پیش کننت۔ ReCover اسمارٹ فون بازیافت کاری خدمت چہ امید کنگ بیت کہ آ یک باز قدر کنگ بوتگیں، ساراہگ بوتگیں ءُ پیارکنگ بوتگیں تخلیق بیت کہ عملی ءُ جدت ءِ انت۔ ای ڈیزائن کہ A' Design Award آسنین انعام ءَ برتگ، صنعت ءِ بہترین طریقہ یکجا کنت ءُ علم ءُ صلاحیت گوں جوڑ بوتگیں قابل تکنیکی خصوصیتاں دار انت۔ ReCover اسمارٹ فون بازیافت کاری خدمت ءِ سنجیدگی ءِ سببا عزت کنگ بیت ءُ آ زندگی ءِ معیار ءَ بہتری آرگ ءِ پہ جوڑ کنگ بوتگ کہ جہان ءَ جوانتر جاگہ جوڑ کنگ ءَ مدد کنت۔
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- ReCover is a conceptual service offered by smartphone manufacturers that helps non-tech-savvy users to repurpose obsolete phones into useful devices. Intelligent ReCover app allows user to find a suitable repurpose solution. The service helps users to save phones from the landfill and acquire new useful hardware for less. ReCover is intended to be offered directly by device manufacturers who can profit from old devices by providing subscription-based services without developing new hardware.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 132.5 x 181.5 x 22 mm (webcam),
171.5 x 45.5 x 80 mm (touchpad),
109 x 181.5 x 44 mm (security camera) - Tags
- sustainability, technology, smartphone, e-waste, recycling, upcycling, service, affordable, webcam, security camera
- Production Technology
- ReCover hardware was designed to be extremely affordable and is made of injection moulded recycled ABS plastic, using off-the-shelf elements such as bi-coloured LED panels. On the inside, memory foam was used to make sure phones of a wide range of thicknesses can be secured. Other materials such as 70% transparent optical beamsplitter glass and extra thick 200gsm vellum were used to discretely conceive the smartphone inside the ReCover webcam and touchpad cases respectively.
- Design Challenge
- Fitting a wide range of phones of different sizes, camera and charging port locations was a significant challenge during this project's form development. Additional challenges included software integration across various phone manufacturers. Research conducted into complexities of jailbreaking and rooting led to the conclusion that the service will have to be offered by the company that released the original OS, which has opened up a possibility of a dedicated OS that would tailor the phone's system for the chosen repurpose solution.
- Research
- Market analysis, user interview and survey were used to gain research insight. My goal was to determine what kind of users were most likely to have old phones and what their needs were. Research has revealed that users in developed countries were more likely to hoard old technology devices. Millennials, this project's target market, were found to need simple and affordable repurpose solutions the most due to the combination of financial challenges, higher environmental awareness, and being the most DIY-averse demographic.
- Inspiration
- 7.1 billion smartphones have been produced since 2007. In the UK, only 12% of those went on to be recycled. 57% of Britons have old phones lying around, which amounts to staggering 125m devices. Most brands strive to offer more recycling options, but according to Ellen McArthur Foundation, repurpose is more sustainable since materials remain in use longer and less additional energy is spent. Old smartphones remain powerful electronic devices, and their potential inspired me to create ReCover.
- Project Duration
- This project has started in Nottingham, United Kingdom on 03 October 2020 and finished on 11 December 2020.
- Operation Flow
- User downloads ReCover app and launches intelligent hardware and firmware scan after which app gives user options of what their phone can become based on its condition. User orders the ReCover kit of their choice. When it arrives, the app erases current OS and installs new OS that optimises phone for its new role. It takes less than 5 minutes to put the phone in the ReCover case, set it up and start using as an entirely new product.
- Team Members
- Anastasia Klimova
- Image Credits
- Anastasia Klimova
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