Phoebus Cartel
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- Switzerland
The Phoebus cartel, which deliberately shortened light bulb lifespans in the early twentieth century, stands as a historical warning of design being used to manufacture waste for profit.
The infamous cartel that standardized shorter lifespans for light bulbs in the early 20th century, offered as a stark historical example of design colluding with industry to institutionalize wastefulness, part of the chapter's critical account of planned obsolescence as a cornerstone of 20th-century industrial logic.
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- Fairphone · both placed under Planned Obsolescence
- Bauhaus · discussed together in section 015
- Cradle to Cradle (book by William McDonough and Michael Braungart) · discussed together in section 015
- Ulm School of Design · discussed together in section 015
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- Environment (Ecological Niche)
- Waste (outcome) · element
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- Chapter 2, section 015 · Engaging the Past: A Critical Inheritance
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