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In 300 pages, this travel journal goes back to the origins of the project in Colombia and its mission to strengthen a response to a global challenge of the plastic waste thanks to the basketry.
The book A journey through 10 years of PET Lamp also reviews the difficulties along the way and the progress achieved by careful and respectful work with artisan communities on five continents.
From an archive of 30,000 photographs, A journey through 10 years of PET Lamp compiles 150 b-side portraits, which have been chosen one by one, by co-founders Álvaro Catalán de Ocón, Enrique Romero de la Llana and Sebastián Betanzo, to express their learnings, adventures and experimentation over ten years.
These images, which make visible the culture, traditions, gastronomy and natural wealth of artisan communities’s territories, are accompanied by the testimonies of renowned curators such as Ana Domínguez Siemens, Marisa Santamaría, Juli Capella and Ikko Yokoyama, who have witnessed the foundation and the evolution of this Spanish design project.
In the book, the essays and photographs are complemented by maps and figures, which aim to reflect the economic and social impact that PET Lamp has on the lives of the project collaborators: from the artisans making the lamps to the customers from more than 100 countries.
- This is the first ten year memoir of a design project, which combines traditional weaving and environmental awareness. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.
- A journey Through 10 years of PET Lamp is an intimate book made up of 150 b-side portraits. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.
- The book features all the workshops, exhibitions, fairs, and events we participated in and how they paved the way for traveling, connecting with artisans and keeping our project growing worldwide. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.
- Our first ten years of life inspired us to publish this book as a means of capturing our inspiration, achievements, and our DNA — the community. On each page, we try to convey the many feelings we had over the course of this decade replete with design, adventure, experimentation, and cultural learning. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.
- Each image featured in this book makes visible the culture, traditions, gastronomy and natural wealth of artisan communities’s territories. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.
- The book unravels some of the most spectacular basketry techniques on the planet while raising concerns about single-use plastics. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.
- The photos are supported by testimonies of renowned curators, who have witnessed the origins and the evolution of PET Lamp. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.
- The book spine is made by colorful threads, which were specifically chosen to pay homage to the artisans and their long-held tradition to weave stories through the basketry. Photo by Alfonso Herranz + Alicia.