ReCover ReCover: Ka Lawelawe Hoʻohana Hou ʻana i ke Kelepona Akamai by Anastasia Klimova

ReCover ReCover: Ka Lawelawe Hoʻohana Hou ʻana i ke Kelepona Akamai by Anastasia Klimova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Huahana Mau Loa, Papahana a me Hoʻolālā ʻŌmaʻomaʻo Competition Category.

HaoHuahana Mau Loa· 2021

ReCover ReCover: Ka Lawelawe Hoʻohana Hou ʻana i ke Kelepona Akamai

by Anastasia Klimova

Client: Anastasia Klimova

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Huahana Mau Loa Category

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The Design

About ReCover ReCover: Ka Lawelawe Hoʻohana Hou ʻana i ke Kelepona Akamai

He lawelawe manaʻo ʻo ReCover e hiki ai i nā mea nona nā kelepona akamai ke hoʻohuli i nā kelepona kahiko a kūlana ʻole i mea kūpono e like me kahi pahupaʻi kikohoʻe, kamela palekana, a i ʻole papa hoʻopā. ʻIke ka polokalamu ReCover i ka ʻōnaehana lako lima a me ka firmware o ke kelepona a laila hōʻike mai i nā koho kūpono e pili ana i kona kūlana. Kauoha ʻia kahi pūʻolo, a hoʻomākaukau kahi ʻōnaehana hana hou i ke kelepona no kona hana hou. Waiho ʻia ke kelepona i loko o kahi pahu i hana ʻia mai ka pālākika ABS hoʻohana hou ʻia ma o ke ʻano hoʻoheheʻe ʻia. Mālama ʻo ReCover i nā kelepona kahiko mai ka lua ʻōpala a hāʻawi i nā lako paʻakikī waiwai ma ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā ReCover ReCover: Ka Lawelawe Hoʻohana Hou ʻana i ke Kelepona Akamai i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā ReCover ReCover: Ka Lawelawe Hoʻohana Hou ʻana i ke Kelepona Akamai he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā ReCover ReCover: Ka Lawelawe Hoʻohana Hou ʻana i ke Kelepona Akamai no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

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