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After exploring many sources, like books, scientific articles, analysis, reports, we decided to choose the definition proposed by NESTA, which in our opinion reflects the spirit of frugal innovation the best.

Frugal innovation responds to limitations in resources, whether financial, material or institutional, and using a range of methods, turns these constraints into an advantage.

Source: Nesta, https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/frugal-innovations/

Criteria of frugal innovations

• Concentration on core functionalities (“frugal innovation aims to respond with extreme efficiency to some essential need”, which means minimizing materials and financial resources).
• Lower costs, encompassing reduction of production costs and thus lower purchasing price (affordable price).
• Sensible quality, which depending on the product should entails terms like: durable, sustainable, reliable, easy-to-use, robust, environmental-friendly, low maintenance, cheap repair.