Publié à un moment crucial où nous sommes obligés de reconsidérer notre relation avec la planète, ce livre explore l'ironie des plantes toxiques. En exposant la beauté fragile des spécimens séchés sur des photographies, le lecteur apprend leur puissance physique dans leur potentiel de causer des dommages préjudiciables.

Toxic Garden est un beau livre philosophique et scientifique qui crée un espace permettant aux lecteurs de saisir les qualités des plantes vénéneuses. C'est une histoire de délicatesse, de résilience et de puissance, des caractéristiques qu'il faut conserver tant la fragilité de la plante est menacée.

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By exposing the paradox between plants' beauty and toxic qualities, readers learn of their physical potency and potential to cause detrimental harm - Foreword by Piet Oudolf, designer of the New York highline Published at a crucial time in which we are being forced to reconsider our relationship with the planet, this book explores the irony of toxic plants. Through exposing the fragile beauty of dried specimens in photographs, the reader learns of their physical potency in their potential to cause detrimental harm. Part I is an index of toxic plants and has an accompanying text to describe the adverse effects of their toxins on living beings. Part II is a reflective, philosophical meditation, which considers the different facets of reality, providing the reader with an opportunity to encounter the speculative aspects of architecture through plantscapes. Toxic Garden is a beautiful, philosophical and scientific book which creates a space for readers to grasp the qualities of poisonous plants. It is a story of their delicacy, resilience and power - characteristics which must be retained as the plant's fragility is under threat.

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Détails

Préface de Piet Oudolf

2021

164 pages

Anglais

ISBN 9789657725078