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Mending and repair in a throwaway world
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Ideal for readers interested in Arts & Culture, sustainability, craft, slow fashion, and circular economy themes. Those who appreciate thoughtful reflections on repair and creative reuse will find this compelling.
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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 been more urgent.
With a foreword by The Repair Shop's Jay Blades, this new book by craft and circularity advocate Katie Treggiden celebrates 25 artists, curators, menders, and re-makers who have rejected the allure of the fast, disposable, and easy in favour of the patina of use, the stories of age, and the longevity of care and repair. Accompanying these profiles, six in-depth essays explore the societal, cultural, and environmental roles of mending in a throwaway world.
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ISBN: 9789493039896
Publisher: Ludion
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 27 April 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Ludion
Illustration: 250 Illustrations
Contributors:
- Foreword by Jay Blades
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 215.0mm
Height: 265.0mm
Weight: 1180g
Pages: 224
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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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