Sustainable Floral Design. The sustainable future found in our history
€62.50Floral designers Per Benjamin and Max van de Sluis have flourishing individual careers as designers and educators, but next to that they still team up and travel the world as Life2 – a name that has grown into a brand over the years and stands for excellence and quality.
In this fact and inspiration filled book Per Benjamin and Max van de Sluis embrace the history of floral design and reuse, re-interpret and re-invent historical ideas and techniques to make present-day floristry more sustainable and less wasteful. The principles Reduce, Reuse, Recycle have been imprinted on everyone’s mind, but not as such in the floral craft. However, here as well they are beyond important and point the way forward towards the future of floral design.
The footprint of modern-day floristry is considerable, however ideas and techniques from the past can be the solution to help create a sustainable future for the sector. Max and Per go as far back as the Stone Age and Ancient Egypt to find out about flower use, techniques and materials. They show us how intricate floral designs were made without single-use, non-compostable or non-reusable materials, and how these often simple, but clever and inventive ways can be adapted and upscaled to create contemporary ‘greener’ floral design.
26,5 x 20 cm
208 pages, hard cover
English edition
978-90-5856-709-3
