ABOUT THE PROJECT:

 VESSELS - A book full of empty bottles.
 The Vasilhame® project is a compilation of graphic and industrial design objects that have become a passion and have given rise to this tribute.
 At its core – as so often happens with passions – it hides an addiction:
 The art of collecting. Perhaps that's why this tribute is also a repository of the history and stories I've discovered throughout the country, starting in the western region of Portugal and from a chance encounter with a box of soft drink bottles. Today, 10 years, 500-plus bottles and more than 200 brands later, I present a wistful but not nostalgic portrait of a Portugal long gone, but which remains alive in this book full of empty bottles.

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

 Raul Reis, 50 years old, is the creative director and editor of NO FRAME - Creative Studio. A graduate in Graphic Design from IADE, in the early years of his career he worked in communication design and illustration before entering the advertising industry where he worked as an art director for a wide variety of national and international clients. After this venture, he created a multidisciplinary agency, BeNext, which he maintained for 17 years. In 2019, he founded a publishing house where he curates and edits photography, illustration, and design projects. Today, alongside his creative direction of the agency and the publishing house, he uses his limited free time to explore photography and illustration projects and to expand his many collections.