Your Life Is Manufactured Talk: How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better

Part of the Cambridge Festival 2025

Join Professor Tim Minshall as he discusses his new book Your Life Is Manufactured: How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better

We live in a manufactured world. Unless you are currently floating naked in space, you are right now in direct contact with, or using or consuming manufactured products – from clothing to furniture, phones to food. And yet the process by which these things appear in our lives is virtually invisible. How often do we stop to think: where do all the things we buy and use actually come from? This talk will take you on a journey through the world of manufacturing and its transformational influence on our lives – and the world around us.

Tim is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, Head of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) and Head of the IfM’s Centre for Technology Management (CTM). His research, teaching and engagement activities are focused on the links between manufacturing and innovation.

Register: https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/your-life-manufactured-talk-how-we-make-things-why-it-matters-and-how-we-can-do-it-better