How Materials Matter: Design, Innovation and Materiality in the Pacific

by Graeme Were

Book Overview

How does design and innovation shape people's lives in the Pacific? Focusing on plant materials from the region, How Materials Matter reveals ways in which a variety of people - from craftswomen and scientists to architects and politicians - work with materials to transform worlds. Recognizing the fragile and ephemeral nature of plant fibres, this work delves into how the biophysical properties of certain leaves and their aesthetic appearance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805391224
• ISBN13: 9781805391227
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"