The book that lasts a thousand years
A project in collaboration with 4P’s
Even a simple plastic bag lasts more than a thousand years. That means this bag will still be around when our great great great grandchildren are born 1000 years from now.
This is how it all started:
We asked our friends to write a letter to their great great great grandchildren because we found the way to preserve their letters for a thousand years.
Over the span of 4 months, we collected letters from all over the world.
AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA BELGIUM BRAZIL CHINA COLOMBIA FRANCE GERMANY INDIA ITALY ISRAEL JAPAN KOREA MALDIVES MONGOLIA MYANMAR SAUDI SRILANKA THAILAND TIBET USA VIETNAM
22 countries - 327 letters
Making pages that last a thousand years.
We teamed up with local recyclers to help us source the plastic we need.
With the help of our friends, we were able to collect different types of plastic bags, styrofoam boxes, bubble wrap and various types of plastic sheets needed to create the base material.
Plastics were ironed in between teflon/baking paper to fuse them together.
Learn to make recycled plastic sheets
Each letter was scanned, turned into silkscreens and individually hand-printed on each page, preserving the original handwriting of the author.
Printed letters to the future hand bound together between recycle plastic sheets.
This book brings together the polar opposites of negative and positive.
On one hand, it shows optimism, hope and compassion for the future of the planet. On the other hand, it shows the ever lasting detriment of our actions when it comes to single-use plastic.
