PEOPLE OF THE SUN c a r i n g
&
s t y l e
catalogue . 2015
People of the Sun is a Social Enterprise in Malawi, passionate about fusing the principles of design and business, to help artisans preserve their cultural heritage and lift themselves out of poverty through trade.
support : PS plays a critical role in supporting local communities to improve their lives. PS identifies and collaborates with artisan entrepreneurs and enterprises, providing business and design training, skill development, supply chain and capacity development.
connect : One of the most difficult obstacles for enterprises in
Malawi is access to global markets. PS works extremely hard to find suitable logistic solutions regarding aggregation of products, exporting and access to international markets.
collaborate : In order to appeal to a modern clientele, PS works closely with experienced international designers and retailers, providing a marketing platform, while propagating the benefits of trade to eradicate poverty.
innovate : PS adopts a social business approach, establishing business
partnerships with emerging artisan groups rather than conventional donation/charity work. Key advantages of this approach are the stronger sense of empowerment and ownership of artisans’ enterprise and work, which in turn brings increased sense of responsibility and efficiency. In this way artisan enterprises and PS become business partners with successful operations mimicking the international trade world. As a result there is a synergy, mutual trust and reciprocal dependency among partners. Our aim is to support entrepreneurship and craft skill amongst Malawian men, women and youth to step out of poverty through the development of sustainable craft enterprises.
2014 was a great year for People of the Sun ! Our partner artisan groups are growing and developing into strong enterprises, delivering high quality products in an efficient manner. Current enterprises include woodcarving (by hand and lathe machine), glasscutting, papermaking, tailoring, basketweaving and cane weaving. Under the ID series in the past year we worked with swiss architects Lea Rickenbacher and Caroline Zimmerli developing the TWIN salad servers together with Bangwe carvers. On an international arena PS procucts (cone and blatyre jar) made it to the official selection of best african products, during the Cape Town Capital of Culture and Blantyre Jar won the Coup de Coeur prize during the Africa Design Awards. Furthermore People of the Sun was selected and sponsored to participate in the Temporary Museum of New Design, during the Design Week in Milan, Italy as innovative and upcoming. Finally we have to thank you, our most valued customer, for trusting our brand and appreciating our products. People of the Sun and all the artisans and enterprises have been incredibly encouraged by the sales of last year and we all hope to receive many more orders for 2015 to continue our healthy and steady growth that is enabling People of the Sun to reach and train more and more artisans therefore sustaining more and more people in Malawi. www.peopleofthesun.net
DESIGN
+
ECONOMIC EMPOWEREMENT
BLANTYRE JAR
A
TM
WITH MAHOGANY LID
B
C
D
E
F
OFFICIAL SELECTION OF BEST PRODUCT DURING CAPE TOWN DESIGN CAPITAL 2014 COUP DE COUER WINNER OF THE AFRICAN DESIGN AWARDS 2014
Blantyre Jar A/B/C/D/E/F green/transparent (BOX)W8cm/L24cm/H10cm 0.7kg
re-inventing the city's waste
Blantyre Jar Set green/transparent (BOX)W26cm/L48cm/H10cm
4kg
MADE OUT OF DISCARDED WINE BOTTLES, COLLECTED FROM HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS IN BLANTYRE CITY. EACH BOTTLE IS CUT BY HAND WITH A TWINE AND SANDED BY SEVERAL STONES AND SANDPAPER GRADES TO ENSURE SMOOTHNESS.
EVERY BLANTYRE JAR IS UNIQUE! EVERY LID ONLY FITS TO A SPECIFIC JAR!
HAND CARVED OUT OF LOCAL TROPICAL HARDWOODS
twin
salad servers
ID COLLECTION TWIN SALAD SERVERS ARE PART OF OUR ID COLLECTION AND IS A COLLABORATION WITH YOUNG SWISS ARCHITECTS CAROLINE ZIMMERLI AND LEA RICKENBACHER. HAND CARVED OUT OF ONE PIECE OF WOOD, WHEN PUT TOGETHER ONE CAN SEE THE GRAINS OF THE WOOD CARRYING THROUGH. TWIN Salad Servers ebony TWIN Salad Servers teak (BOX) W8cm/L33cm/H3cm 0.3kg
s p o o ns
Spoons - red mahogany (box)W22cm/L17cm 0.3kg
a ni m a l m agnets
Spoons - ebony (box)W22cm/L17cm 0.3kg
Elephant / Hippo / Rhino (box)W7cm/L8cm/H4CM 0.05kg
HAND CARVED OUT OF MAHOGANY
Giraffe - mahogany L22cm/W7/H14cm 0.4kg
Rhino - mahogany L18cm/W7/H10cm 0.4kg
Hippo - mahogany L16cm/W7/H9cm 0.4kg
Elephant - mahogany L19cm/W11/H12cm 0.5kg
s l e e p i ng a ni m a l s
TM
Giraffe - coral
Rhino - coral
Hippo - coral
Elephant - coral
Giraffe -yellow
Rhino - yellow
Hippo - yellow
Elephant - yellow
Giraffe - pink
Rhino - pink
Hippo - pink
Elephant - pink
Giraffe - grey
Rhino - grey
Hippo - grey
Elephant - grey
Giraffe L22cm/W8/H15cm
0.2kg
Rhino L18cm/W8/H10cm
0.2kg
Hippo L16cm/W8/H9cm
0.2kg
Elephant L19cm/W11/H12cm 0.3kg
A N I MA L H E A D S
Mpala coral
Giraffe coral
Bufallo coral
Elephant coral
Rhino coral
Giraffe yellow
Bufallo yellow
Elephant yellow
Rhino yellow
Mpala pink
Giraffe pink
Bufallo pink
Elephant pink
Rhino pink
Mpala grey
Giraffe grey
Bufallo grey
Elephant grey
Rhino grey
Elephant
Rhino
small:H8cm/W13cm/0.1kg
small:H8cm/L6cm/0.1kg
Mpala yellow
HAND C A R V E D a n d h a nd p a i nted
Mpala
Giraffe
Bufallo
big: H26cm/W7cm/0.5kg
big: H32cm/W7cm/0.5kg
big: H10cm/W21cm/0.5kg
small:H12cm/W4cm/0.1kg
small:H14cm/W4cm/0.1kg small:H6cm/W10cm/0.1kg
big: H16cm/W23cm/0.5kg big: H14cm/L16cm/0.5kg
CONE
TM
ID COLLECTION
OFFICIAL SELECTION OF BEST PRODUCT DURING CAPE TOWN DESIGN CAPITAL 2014 CONE IS THE RESULT OF A CREATIVE SYNERGY WITH JAPANESE DESIGNER RENTARO NISHIMURA UNDER THE ID SERIES. CONE IS INSPIRED BY INDIGENOUS BASKETWEAVING TECHNIQUES AND CONSISTS OF 2 NESTING STOOLS THAT USE A DOUBLE CURVATURE TO DERIVE THEIR STRENGHT.
RE-INVENTING
THE
TRADITIONAL
BASKET
CONE table
CONE stool big CONE table
d:75cm/h:40cm /12kg
CONE stool big
outer stool: d50cm/h45 inner stool: d33cm/h35cm
CONE stool small
outer stool: d40cm/h27 inner stool: d26cm/h20cm
CONE stool small
basketS: classic collection 40cm Matt-plain/stripe set of 6 30cm Matt-plain/stripe set of 6 40cm Matt-pattern set of 6 40cm Matt-Plain 0.5kg 30cm Matt-Plain 0.3kg
40cm Matt-brown pattern 0.5kg 30cm Matt-brown pattern 0.3kg
40cm Matt-red stripe 0.5kg 30cm Matt-red stripe 0.3kg
40cm Matt-brown stripe 0.5kg 30cm Matt-brown stripe 0.3kg
40cm Matt-red pattern 0.5kg 30cm Matt-red pattern 0.3kg
40cm Matt-brown flower 0.5kg 30cm Matt-brown flower 0.3kg
30cm Matt-pattern set of 6
40cm Matt-red flower 0.5kg 30cm Matt-red flower 0.3kg
Tray set 3 - plain d50cm/h10cm 3kg
Tray 30 - plain d30cm/h7cm 0.5kg
Tray 30 - Green Stripe d30cm/h7cm 0.5kg
Tray 30 - Blue Stripe d30cm/h7cm 0.5kg
Tray 40 - plain d40cm/h8cm 0.9kg
Tray 40 - Green Stripe d40cm/h8cm 0.9kg
Tray 40 - Blue Stripe d40cm/h8cm 0.9kg
Tray 50 - plain d50cm/h10cm 1.3kg
Tray 50 - Green Stripe d50cm/h10cm 1.3kg
Tray 50 - Blue Stripe d50cm/h10cm 1.3kg
Tray set 3 - Green Stripe d50cm/h10cm 3kg Tray set 3 - Blue Stripe d50cm/h10cm 3kg
basketS: classic collection
Cylinder 30 - plain d30cm/h15cm 1kg
Cylinder30 - red stripe d30cm/h15cm 1kg
Cylinder30-brown stripe d30cm/h15cm 1kg
cylinder30/10 with mahogany handle d30cm/h10 1.3kg
cylinder30/15 plain with mahogany handle d30cm/h10 1.5kg
cylinder30/15 brown pat with mahogany handle d30cm/h10 1.5kg
cylinder50/10 plain with mahogany handle d50cm/h10 2.5kg
cylinder50/10 brown pat with mahogany handle d50cm/h10 2.5kg
Washing Basket small plain d40cm/h45cm 4kg
Washing Basket big plain d50cm/h55cm 7kg
Washing Basket small brown pattern d40cm/h45cm 4kg
Washing Basket big brown pattern d50cm/h55cm 7kg
b a s k e t S : ne o n c o l l e c t i o n Neon 40cm Matt set 6 Neon 30cm Matt set 6 Neon 40cm Matt-green 0.5kg Neon 30cm Matt-green 0.3kg
Neon 40cm Matt-blue 0.5kg Neon 30cm Matt-blue 0.3kg
Neon 40cm Matt-pink 0.5kg Neon 30cm Matt-pink 0.3kg
Neon Tray set 3 Neon Tray 30 - Green d30cm/h7cm 0.5kg
Neon Tray 30 - Blue d30cm/h7cm 0.5kg
Neon Tray 30 - Pink d30cm/h7cm 0.5kg
Neon Tray 40 - Green d40cm/h8cm 0.9kg
Neon Tray 40 - Blue d40cm/h8cm 0.9kg
Neon Tray 40 - Pink d40cm/h8cm 0.9kg
Neon Tray 50 - Green d50cm/h10cm 1.2kg
Neon Tray 50 - Blue d50cm/h10cm 1.2kg
Neon Tray 50 - Pink d50cm/h10cm 1.2kg
BLACK COMING SOON
Neon cylinder 50/10 green d50cm/h10 2kg
Neon cylinder 50/10 blue d50cm/h10 2kg
Neon cylinder 50/10 pink d50cm/h10 2kg
b a s k e t S : ne o n c o l l e c t i o n
Neon cylinder 30/10 green d30cm/h10 1kg
Neon cylinder 30/10 blue d30cm/h10 1kg
Neon cylinder 30/15 green d50cm/h10 1kg
Neon cylinder 30/15 green d50cm/h10 1kg
Neon cylinder 30/10 pink d30cm/h10 1kg
Neon cylinder 30/15 green d30cm/h10 1kg
Washing Basket small green/blue/pink d40cm/h45cm 3kg Washing Basket big green/blue/pink d50cm/h55cm 6.5kg
w a l l h a ng i ng s a n d t a b l e s 1m Circle plain d1m 5kg 1m Circle red pattern d1m 5kg Sun Circle d80cm (with bits up to 1.20m) 3kg
Cylinder Table - Plain (hidden metal frame) d1m/h40cm 10kg
Malawi Chair - White w80cm/d55cm/h85cm 10kg
Cylinder Table - red pattern (hidden metal frame) d1m/h40cm 10kg
Malawi Chair - Grey w80cm/d55cm/h85cm 10kg
Malawi Chair - Yellow w80cm/d55cm/h85cm 10kg
Malawi Chair-Natural w80cm/d55cm/h85cm 8kg
Malawi Chair - Coral w80cm/d55cm/h85cm 10kg
HANDSTITCH CUSHION COVERS
MADE OUT OF WAXED “CHITENCHE” PATTERNS CONTSANTLY CHANGE CHECK WITH US FOR CURRENT STOCK AVAILABILITY
Cushion Cover Handstitch Wax 45x45 45x45cm / 0.2kg
PEOPLE OF THE SUN
c a r i n g
&
s t y l e
www.peopleofthesun.net info@peopleofthesun.net 00265 994087251
Every product has been made by hand, by professional artisans in Malawi. Any 'imperfection’ should not be considered as such, BUT as a confirmation of its unique craftmanship.
all prices exclude shipping and associated export costs c
PEOPLE OF THE SUN
DESIGN + w w w . p e o p leofthesun.net
e c o n o m i c empowerment