How Materials Matter

How Materials MatterHow does design and innovation shape peoples 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

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