User Strategies for Prolonging Product Lifetimes: A New Starting Point for Circular Conceptual Design

Product life extension is recognized as an important tool for creating more sustainable production and consumption patterns; yet, there a lack of studies with comprehensive insights into how consumers interact products throughout the product’s span, or knowledge about strategies apply to change their behaviors avoid premature disposal. The purpose this study explore motives users that positively affect product lifetimes, which provides much-needed input on consumer’s perspective in circular economy. applies qualitative ethnographic research methodology 26 households, we investigated differently motivated engaged homes; they approached, developed, modified fit personal needs, and, eventually, end up prolonging lifetimes. contributes new user economy suggests paradigm conceptual design. Specifically, shows existing longevity can be identified used starting point designing services prolong