We live in a manufactured world. Unless you are floating naked through space, you are right now in direct contact with multiple manufactured products.
There exists a nearly invisible, awe-inspiring global system of manufacturing that enables virtually every aspect of our existence. The things we surround ourselves with – from everyday items like toilet roll and the clothing we wear to smartphones, bicycles and everything in between – take surprising and often mind-boggling journeys to reach us. Charting how this world came to be, ‘Your Life is Manufactured‘ reveals the seismic impact manufacturing has had on our lives and the natural world, exploring how it could offer us a path to a truly sustainable future. In doing so, it gives us the ability to make better choices for ourselves, our communities and the planet.
A Waterstones, Financial Times, and Daily Telegraph 2025 book of the year
Shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize and longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year.
‘Revelatory‘ (Sunday Times), ‘Fascinating‘ (Daily Telegraph), ‘Intensely readable‘ (Irish Times), ‘Entertaining‘ (Wall Street Journal), ‘Lively‘ (New Yorker).
UK version published by Faber | US version published by Ecco / HarperCollins | Korean version published by RHK
