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The Effects of Planned Obsolescence Strategies on Dust Bagless Vacuum Cleaner Designs in the Local Market of Turkey

Year 2022, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 375 - 386, 30.12.2022

Abstract

The concept of planned obsolescence can be defined as a marketing strategy in which the manufacturers deliberately and consciously design the products to have a shorter lifespan and to make the products less durable. With the consumer society, the need for a new workspace to design products and systems has emerged, and thus the industrial design profession has emerged. In order to increase consumption, products are produced by deciding how long they will be used during the design process. Industrial designers design based on limited functional life design, design for limited repair, and the creation of new needs. This study is mainly about examining the relationship between the planned obsolescence strategy and the discipline of industrial design through the examples of dust bagless vacuum cleaners. For this purpose, a questionnaire consisting of 125 participants was conducted to determine the product group to be studied first. Then, literature research and market research were carried out. The technical components and features of the products of the specified brands were investigated. Planned interviews were made with the R&D managers or industrial design managers of the specified brands. The data obtained as a result of all the researches were classified according to the planned obsolescence types and matrices were formed. According to the data obtained, it is seen that the tendencies towards the planned obsolescence strategy are similar in most of the sampled brands.

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Year 2022, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 375 - 386, 30.12.2022

Abstract

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  • [3] Krajewski, M., The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy, IEEE SPECTRUM Access:06.09.2021, https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy
  • [4] Monteiro, V. (2018). Does the planned obsolescence influence consumer purchase decisions? The effects of cognitive biases: bandwagons effect, optimism bias on consumer behavior. Unpublished Master Thesis, Getulio Vargas Foundation Sao Paulo School of Business Administration, Sao Paulo.
  • [5] Keeble, D. (2013). The culture of planned obsolescence in technology companies. Unpublished License thesis. Business Information Technology Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland.
  • [6] Dimatteo, L.A., & Wrbka, S. (2019). Planned Obsolescence And Consumer Protectıon: The Unregulated Extended Warranty And Service Contract Industry, Cornell Journal of Law and Pubic Policy, 1(28), 483-544.
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  • [12] Gecit, B.B. (2020). Planned obsolescence: a keyword analysis. Journal of Management, Marketing and Logistics (JMML), 7(4), 227-233.
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  • [17] Odabaşı,Y. (2006). Tüketim Kültürü, Sistem Yayınları, İstanbul.
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  • [21] Cooper, R. ve Press, M. (1995). The Design Agenda A Guide To Successful Design Management, England: John Wiley & Sons, 118-152.
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  • [23] Ertan, B. (2019). An Analysıs Of Obsolescence And Technology. Unpublished Master Thesis. Bahcesehir University Institute of Social Sciences. İstanbul, 2-4.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Architecture
Journal Section Industrial Design
Authors

Merve Seyhan 0000-0002-4847-5246

H. Güçlü Yavuzcan 0000-0001-8560-7845

Publication Date December 30, 2022
Submission Date November 1, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 10 Issue: 4

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APA Seyhan, M., & Yavuzcan, H. G. (2022). The Effects of Planned Obsolescence Strategies on Dust Bagless Vacuum Cleaner Designs in the Local Market of Turkey. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning, 10(4), 375-386.