- This book shows how the broken can be as beautiful or valuable as the
new - Topics such as sustainability and the circular economy have never
been more urgent - Lavishly illustrated with over 200 illustrations and
behind-the-scene shots - Includes inspiring makers, artists and
designers from around the globe 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, designers and makers who have
rejected the allure of the fast, disposable and easy in favor 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.
