A Labour of Love

text Lidewij Edelkoort, Philip Fimmano

Divided into 12 themes that reflect current materials and techniques, this bold book introduces the new makers in contemporary design, previewing a future of responsible production, circular thinking, ethical practice and organic aesthetics. It offers insight into how designers are giving shape to materials and process, from reviving the loom and recycling waste to social inclusion and growing matter. Their conscious philosophies will change our world with careful and considered choices that can ultimately reconnect us to nature and guide us towards a better tomorrow.

The book, which resembles a brick more than 5 centimeters thick, and the special finish embodies the solid feeling of a raw industrial material. The cardboard cover is accentuated by a fine foil stamping based on a biotech fabric from Diana Scherer. Detailed descriptions on more than seventy creative studios in design, architecture, fashion and textiles, and many images makes this book an educational reference for the design world.

English

size 170 x 240 mm 448 pages hardcover design Mariola López Mariño Collectief B.V, Amsterdam appeared NUR 656 ISBN 978-94-6226-391-8 € 60,00