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We’ve been working with @metalpeterborough and @_recollective_ on a new pop-up reading room structure to house Metal’s Pluto Press Reading Room.

The structure is being designed and built by ReCollective, who build community infrastructure using reclaimed materials - we love the way their work is a form of circular economy.

Their design responds to a community brief we developed with three community groups in Peterborough, and uses fabric we designed and printed with the groups.

We worked with:
- Men’s Shed, a space for men to create converse and connect, housed in The Green Backyard, a community growing project
- members of The Kite Trust social group, which supports the wellbeing and creativity of LGBTQ+ young people
- students from BA Creative Digital Design at University Centre Peterborough
The groups designed motifs relating to the histories and cultures of Peterborough, which we translated into a repeat pattern and printed in a public workshop. Bricks, books, hands and leaves riff on Peterborough's
history of brick-making and well-loved green spaces. The designs are printed on reclaimed fabric from The National Theatre.

The reading room will be completed and launched later this year.
@metalcultureuk
@metalpeterborough
@_recollective_
@thekitetrust
@ukmenssheds
@ucpeterborough
@plutopress