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How can a platform shift consumer behaviour towards more electronics repair?

Role

Lead Designer

Client

Techniek Nederland

Duration

7 months

RepAIr Platform interface — UX research and platform design for electronics repair behaviour change, by Ilia Dichev, Strategic Designer & UX Researcher

Problem space

The need for a new repair experience

This project was commissioned by Techniek Nederland, the national trade association bridging industry, research, and government, to explore how a platform could shift consumer behavior toward more repair.

  • shrinking of electronics repair industry between 2019 and 2024 and is expected to continue declining in the next 5 years.

    3.1%

  • tons of e-waste are generated annually in Europe.

    14 mil.

  • of total e-waste is by small equipment, such as vacuum cleaners, constituting the largest global share.

    38%

Business Objectives

Creating value across the ecosystem

Redefine
Consumer Repair Journey

Analyze and visualize current user pathways to uncover barriers, drop-off points, and behavioral insights across professional repair scenarios.

Increase
Platform Conversion

Propose new digital interventions for existing national repair platforms that guide users from breakage to professional repair, improving both adoption and retention.

Strengthen
Repair Ecosystem

Bridge knowledge between research institutions, industry, and other stakeholders aligning towards a mutual ecosystem value proposition.

Solutions

Two Horizons of Intervention

The RepAIr Platform illustrates the long term vision on how professional repair can be supported through combining product and repair datasets with AI. It maps adaptive pathways through progressive diagnostics, generating both a preliminary advisory report and a final recommendation.

Device Context
1. Device Context
Device age, model, and known failure modes are surfaced.
Issue Assessment
2. Issue Assessment
Symptom-driven intake, mapping failure to device categories.
Diagnostic flow
3. Diagnostic flow
Adaptive pathway guides the user through progressive questions.
Final report
4. Final report
A structured repair advisory report is generated.
Handoff to technician
5. Handoff to technician
The complete report is passed to the repair professional.

Evaluation & reflection

Platform impact beyond diagnostics

Accessibility

Democratizing Repair Knowledge

"It’s bridging a knowledge gap between me, solving the problem, and the repairer"

— User

User impact

Hyper-Contextual Pathway

"I liked that it adapted to the specific issue I selected, it felt personalized and relevant."

— User

Ecosystem Value

Multi-Stakeholder Potential

“I can also see this being really useful for training new repair staff more effectively.”

— Design Consultant

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