$74.91
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
20 July 2023
Summary
We live in a single-use society, where fashion is fast, disposability is the norm and it is easier to replace than to repair. We don’t need to mend things anymore - and yet we do. What is it about Homo faber - man the maker - that cannot resist fixing what is broken?
As we start to decouple from the linear take-make-waste model that has dominated Western economies since the Industrial Revolution and seek something more circular, an enquiry into what mending means has never be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789493039896 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9493039897 |
| Author: | Katie Treggiden, Jay Blades |
| Publisher: | Ludion |
| Imprint: | Ludion |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.18kg |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 265mm |
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Katie Treggiden
Katie Treggiden is a design historian and craft writer with almost twenty years experience in the creative industries. Following a 12-year career in advertising, marketing and brand strategy, Treggiden became a craft and design journalist in 2010, focusing on creativity as a positive agent for social change. She has written four books (including Wasted. When Trash Becomes Treasure, Urban Potters: Makers in the City ; Weaving: Contemporary Makers on the Loom, published by Ludion), established an award-winning blog and an independent magazine, and regularly contributes to publications such as The Guardian, Crafts Magazine, and Monocle 24.
Jay Blades is a British furniture restorer and television presenter. He is best known for presenting The Repair Shop, Money for Nothing, Jay Blades Home Fix and co-presenting Jay and Dom’s Home Fix.
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