Oct 17 2008
The "world's biggest book" - "One Look at Mexico. Colors and Flavors" -- will be available in a few months and its interior pages will be made with DuPont™ Tyvek®. The book's dimensions will be two meters high by two meters wide and it will be dedicated to Mexico.
A mock-up of the "world's biggest book."
"It is a privilege to be part of such an interesting project that enhances the roots of our country," said Luz Maria Karg, leader, DuPont Nonwovens, Mexico. "When using Tyvek® Graphics for printing, you are using inks that don't produce polluting agents to the environment and require four times less material. It's a 100 percent recyclable product."
The book will have a paper cover made of "amate" (a pre-Hispanic artisan product) while the pages in the inside are made of Tyvek®. It is expected to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest book. The current title is held by a 1.5 x 1.5-meter book in Butan.
"The idea of making the biggest book in the world excites us, partly because of its ecological dimensions, thanks to the properties of Tyvek®," said Victor Hugo Rodriguez, president of Agueda Editorial House.