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Broken : mending and repair in a throwaway world /

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 fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Treggiden, Katie (Author)
Other Authors:	Blades, Jay, 1970- (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Brussels, Belgium : Ludion, [2023]
Subjects:	Design. Repairing > Social aspects. Circular economy. Do-it-yourself work. Réparations > Aspect social. Économie circulaire. Bricolage. Circular economy Designers Do-it-yourself work

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