PET Lamp

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Empowering cultures from five continents to give a second life to plastic bottles.

Social + Design + Crafts + Upcycling = Lamps

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

PET Lamp Head Designer and co-founder Alvaro Catalán de Ocón wins the National Design Award 2023.

This is the highest recognition for the design industry in #Spain.

#PremioNacionalDeDiseño #DesignAward #DesignAwards #DesignAwards2023 #AlvaroCatalanDeOcon

[Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades @CienciaGob]

🏆 Premio Nacional de Diseño 2023 en la modalidad Trayectoria en Diseño:

A Álvaro Catalán de Ocón Roca de Togores por la trascendencia internacional de su concepción del diseño como narrativa inequívoca del mejor y más inclusivo diseño español en el siglo XXI.

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

🇩🇴 Duquesa: the largest open-air landfill in Latin America and the Caribbean, where #plastics, organic #waste, cardboard, metal and chemicals all end up in this noxious mix.

🗑️🚯 When will it close?

https://t.co/BZpqDO57r2

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

🪰 How could dead flies be used to make biodegradable #plastic?

💡 This is what a new scientific research says:

https://t.co/cI42WBE1ik

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

🌊 Some 500,000 tons of plastic reach the sea every year, according to a new study.

The bad news is that this #plastic lasts longer than it was believed to, sometimes decades longer.

https://t.co/tun0hYWpPM

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

🗑️♻️Can upcycling make us happier?

👇This is what science says…

https://t.co/0mSF6jA86P

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

#Chile es el segundo país de Latinoamérica que más #pescado produce, después de #Perú.

¿Cómo se organizan los pescadores micro para #reciclar las redes?

¿Qué avances ha hecho la pescadería a gran escala para dar una segunda vida al #plástico?

https://t.co/46QV1Oi1ay

[NickIDquest @Swytchthefish]

I first learnt of @pet_lamp in 2019….still in awe of the work they do….today my boss shows up with this and on enquiry is like “I got it from the founder’s studio”….lol….good and impactful design can always be seen….too amazing tooo too amazing

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

#Recycling decreases year after year and #plastic #wasteincreases. Why?

🧵Keep reading:

[NPR @NPR]

You probably think plastic you throw into recycling bins will be… recycled.

The reality, however, is the vast majority heads to the landfill — only around 5% of plastic is actually being repurposed, according to a Greenpeace report.

Here’s why🧵https://t.co/C7QsxonLJP

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

@ArtesanatoCo @arquitecturayd Thank you!😊

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

.@arquitecturayd magazine has selected Álvaro Catalán de Ocón, Head Designer of ACdO / and co-founder of PET Lamp, as one of the 20 sustainability leaders seeking global changes.

https://t.co/Hen3B39Bh1

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

El plástico: "una fuente de riqueza"

Ceesay recorre Gambia sensibilizando a las mujeres, y organizándolas en cooperativas para que encuentren un medio para generar ingresos en el reciclaje.

Así se convierten en guardianas del medioambiente.

https://t.co/wSHji7MtMB

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

Held annually on 23 October, World Climate Change day is celebrated by millions of people across the world.

Defined as long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, Climate Change is the greatest threat the world has ever faced:

https://t.co/IzfhsfGVw3

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

Why is lighting taking an important role in #architect and #design projects?

The answer in this article by @ArquitecturayD magazine.

https://t.co/iw08qJIR3n

[B Corp Spain @BCorpSpain]

🔈¡Conoce las voces de #SerBoNoSer!🎉 Este 5 de octubre se estrena el podcast de impacto en @podiumpodcast y todas las plataformas digitales😍

¡Empieza a #SerB y conviértete en parte de la solución de los retos sociales y ambientales actuales! 🌿
#PodcastBCorp #BTheChange

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

🗓 10/07: SAVE THE DATE!

🗣 Alvaro Catalan de Ocon, head designer of ACdO and PET Lamp, will speak with M+ Lead Curator of Design and Architecture Ikko Yokoyama about how living craft traditions are central to sustainable design.

👇 Register here:
https://t.co/xVhKt2jKF8

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

The weekly episode of Design with a Human Touch features our project on Spotify.

👇Listen here the conversation with one of PET Lamp cofounder, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón and @saramosele.

https://t.co/4knOMHQRTJ

[Sara Mosele @saramosele]

Check out this week’s Design with a Human Touch podcast by Sara Mosele Interiors for a conversation with designer Alvaro de Catalan and his inspired sustainability initiative called Pet Lamp. Find it on Spotify or at https://t.co/AkGC5MosDg. https://t.co/2DZl6pdcyC

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

🏖️Going on holidays?

👇Read these tips to remain sustainable during your vacations:

[B Corp Spain @BCorpSpain]

¡Empiezan las vacaciones y...Con las vacaciones son muchas las personas aprovechan para irse de viaje!🌎 Pero... ¿Qué podemos hacer para viajar de forma sostenible durante estos días?🤔

📌 Hoy te traemos cinco consejos prácticos para seguir siendo sostenibles👇

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

The set of 21 Eperara-Siapidara PET Lamps Lamp is on temporary display in New York City.

🗽 This is how they look in Gensler, a global #architecture, design, and planning firm, located in 1700 Broadway.

#PETLamp #PETLampEperaraSiapidara #NewYork #DisplayNewYork #ProductDesign

[PET Lamp @pet_lamp]

We’ve been featured in AnneLiWest|Berlin, a digital magazine from Germany. 🙌

The article highlights our PET Lamp Bolgatanga Small launch in Milan.

👉https://t.co/FVfHQZwqIA