Part botany, part history, part cultural anthropology—Trees goes beyond the basics to tell readers everything they might want to know about this particular branch of the plant kingdom. Trees explores the important roles trees play in our ecosystem, takes an up-close-and-personal look at the parts of trees (from roots to leaves), and unpacks the cultural impact of trees from classification systems (like family trees) to art forms (like bonsai trees). Looking forward, Trees also addresses the deforestation crisis. Heavily illustrated in the same style as Bees: A Honeyed History, Trees: A Rooted History serves as a beautifully packaged celebration of trees of all kinds.
Author
Piotr Socha studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Graphic Arts in the Class of Book Illustrations of Professor Janusz Stanny. He worked as an illustrator for Gazeta Wyborcza, Polityka, Newsweek, Przekrój, Playboy, Wysokie Obcasy, Harvard Business Review, Machina as well as many other newspapers and magazines. For many years, he was the leading graphic illustrator in the monthly Machina magazine. He also collaborated with the Polish Television TVP I Programme for which he designed (together with Platige Image animation studio) new artwork that won the Golden Eagle award in the Golden Eagles advertisement competition (1999). In the same competition, he won the Artistic Director of the Year award. Together with Platige Image he designed the opening sequences for Wiadomości and Teleexpress TV news and song festivals in Sopot and Opole.
