About This Book
Your Life Is Manufactured (2025) examines the hidden manufacturing processes behind everyday products we use and purchase, tracing their complex journeys from production to consumption. It reveals how manufacturing has profoundly shaped both human society and the natural environment in ways we rarely consider. When these invisible systems are made visible, we’re empowered to make more sustainable and equitable choices.
Who Should Read This?
- Consumers ready to make more considered choices
- Environmentalists who want to learn how manufacturing and sustainability can coexist
- Manufacturers committed to creating more ethical supply chains
About the Author
Tim Minshall is the inaugural Dr. John C. Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, head of the Engineering Department’s Institute for Manufacturing, and a fellow of Churchill College. His research, teaching, and outreach focus on the links between manufacturing and innovation.
