The New Traditional: Heritage, Craftsmanship and Local Identity

Co-edited by gestalten & BESIDE
International publication date: May 12, 2020

Features: Full colour, hardcover, stitch bound, 272 pages, over 300 photographs
Format: 21 × 26 cm, 8 ¼ × 10 ¼ inches
Price: € 39.90 (D)  £ 35 $ 60 (US)
ISBN: 978-3-89955-9842

From Kenya to Korea, from Iceland to Canada, traditions surround us. They are carried in the passed-down stories, rituals, and skills that keep us afloat: things like cooking, sewing, farming, beekeeping, building, blacksmithing, and shepherding. Today, a new generation of people seeking out creative ways to revive and adapt traditions to make them more sustainable. As a way of inspiration, this book tells the stories of these individuals and communities taking part in a movement for a “new traditional”.

Featuring 

• Chef Virgilio Martínez, Peru 
• Flower farm owner Sarah Ryhanen, New York 
• Falconer Marc-André Fortin, Québec  
• Seamstress Jeanette Holding, Geenland
• Saltmaker Björn Steinar Jónsson, Iceland 
  
• Globemaker Peter Bellerby, United Kingdom 
• Blacksmith Mathieu Collette, Montréal 
• Rancher Kate Beardsley, Oregon 
• Winemakers Lore and Skyla Olds, California 
• The artists and fishermen community of Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador 
• The Ogiek community, Kenya 
• The Bedouin Date Sellers, Saudi Arabia 
• The female free-divers of Jeju, Korea 
• The new beekeeping tradition around the world 
• The sauna rituals in nordic countries 
• The shepherding family practices of Iceland and Italy 
• The communal Crépissage tradition of Mali 
• The new generation of sake makers in Japan 
• And much more. . .