The Pop Up Repair Shop, located on Broadway, NYC, is a venture that aims to limit the amount of items that go to waste via the talented team of Sandra Goldmark and Michael Banta, a husband and wife team.
Sandra, a costume designer and theater professor at Barnard College and Michael, also at Barnard College as a theater production manager, have extensive experience fixing things. As this duo comes from theater background and have helped with set design and fixing things for shows, they decided to put their knowledge to good use and open up a shop with the help of an Indiegogo campaign.
After the smash success of their Indiegogo campaign, which raised well over their initial goal, the "reduce, reuse, recycle or repair" shop, as described by Dowser’s Oscar Abello, was opened. The one-month experiment of a shop provided fascinating information for research purposes as the shop owners had clients fill out questionnaires regarding their motives for bringing broken items into the Pop Up Repair Shop.
Contact Information
Pop Up Repair Shop Website
Pop Up Repair Shop on Indiegogo
Temporary Recycling Stores
The Pop Up Repair Shop in NYC is Aimed at Reducing Waste
Trend Themes
1. Temporary Repair Shops - Opening temporary repair shops could reduce the amount of waste by providing another option to throw broken items away.
2. Reduce-reuse-recycle Culture - Promoting the reduce-reuse-recycle culture by repairing broken items could also be advertised and grew on other cities.
3. Collaboration with Designers and Production Professionals - Collaborating with designers and theatre production professionals could lead to ideas for utilizing broken materials and open up opportunities to create new products.
Industry Implications
1. Waste Management Industry - The Waste Management Industry could support these types of shops as part of a larger movement to reduce the amount of garbage discarded.
2. Retail Industry - The Retail industry could partner with the Pop Up Repair Shop to sell sustainable, high-quality products and personal items to the customers they serve.
3. Education Industry - The Education industry could utilize this concept to create workshops that teach students how to repair or repurpose broken items.