Abstract
Thinking about the important role that design plays in repair, one key resource that can easily be overlooked is the broad stock of knowledge gained from repairers who give their time to repair goods at community-based repair events around Australia. The aim of this article is to uncover the insights, experiences, reflections and knowledge of Australian volunteer repairers about product design and how it facilitates or inhibits repair. This contribution will be the first survey of insights about product design from the perspective of Australian volunteer repairers. The communities of repair provide fertile ground for learnings from repairers who engage with the designs of everyday items when repairing. This, in turn, can illuminate how design can better facilitate repair which will be valuable not only to designers but also to policy makers.