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

By Graeme Were

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2019
ISBN
9781789202021
DOI
10.1515/9781789202021
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12293661 bytes)
Pages
212\224
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-20 04:11:03

Description

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 are utilized to communicate information and manage different forms of relations. It breaks new ground by situating plant materials at the centre of innovation in a region.

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