PET Lamps
In the PET Lamp project, designer Alvaro Catalan de Ocon supplies a structural frame made from repurposed plastic bottles and commissions artisan weaving communities in countries such as Colombia and Ethiopia to fabricate the lampshades.
A prime example is the PET Lamps project, initiated by designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón. In this global initiative, the designer acts as a systems orchestrator. The project's core procedure involves giving a specific Assignment to artisan communities in countries like Colombia and Ethiopia, who possess deep, generational knowledge of weaving. The brief from the designer is precise: he provides the structural frame—a repurposed PET plastic bottle—and then entrusts the intricate fabrication of the lampshade to the artisans' unique craft. This is not a delegation of the core design concept, but a commission for specialized execution outside the designer's own abilities.
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In the framework
- Assignments · element
- Procedures Component
- Environment (Ecological Niche)
- Commission Component
- Communities · element
- Materials · variable
- Capitalocene · concept
In the book
- Chapter 13, section 133 · Environment Dimension
Examples