The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees

The Man Who Made Things Out of TreesRobert Penn has written a trio of books that combine an examination of skill and materials, with history, and his own personal narrative. For the Material Matters bookstore, I could have chosen Its All About the Bike the story of how he travelled the globe to build his dream road bicycle. Then again, I might be selected Slow Rise about his attempt to sow, harvest, thresh and mill his own wheat, in order to bake bread for his family. In the end though,

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Fashion in Motion in 1999

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Over the years

making it an invaluable resource for architects

Tracing the global race for battery metals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to China and the United States

The Hare with Amber Eyes won the Costa Biography Award in 2010 and has sold by the bucket full ever since

With insight and charm

Organised by material origin

environmentally and emotionally—as we shift away from a linear take-make-waste model toward a more circular

reuse in architecture

They bring together a unique collection of planet-positive lessons