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High Tension - Episode 3

A needle and a Balloon

Library Leaves

“Trash has given us an appetite for art.”
—Pauline Kael

Turn waste into wonder. Take a discarded wine bottle, cut it in half, and wrap it in a hand-crafted lid made from local wood in Central Africa. What was once trash is now a unique piece of functional art—a custom-designed container to store your teas.

This project doesn’t just give new life to discarded bottles; it also provides economic empowerment. By sourcing labor locally, it supports financial independence in communities that rarely benefit from global markets. Library Leaves isn’t just about sustainable packaging; it’s about bridging art, purpose, and impact across borders.

References

  1. EasyFairs. (n.d.). Pentawards The:Portal - The Winners. Pentawards.com. https://pentawards.com/directory/en/page/the-winners
  2. Wiedemann, J., Jean Jacques Evrard, & Evrard, B. (2010). The package design book Pentawards ; [from the winners of the pentawards package design prize]. [1]. Köln Taschen.

Sam Rad