Planned obsolescence is a concept used by many industries in which products are designed with predetermined lifetimes (usually intentionally short). Simply put, it is the need to change or replace an ‘old’ model with a new one that substantially has the same functionality as that of the ‘old’ one. However, this concept raises in important question: is planned obsolescence ethical?
What is It?
In industrial design, planned obsolescence is a policy of designing or planning a product with a limited useful lifetime. Read more…