People of the Sun Catalogue 2015

PEOPLE OF THE SUN c a r i n g

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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

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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

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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.

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