Design Atrás das Grades

From the tiny sewing studio in Tires Prison Portugal Vicky Yau and Iracy handsew designer LaGa handbags Mothers separated from their children and families imprisoned in a foreign country that they only get to know behind thick bars In a mix of languages we understand that time spent in this factory simply flies but in the cells the daily struggle goes on Just like LaGa women also come out of prisons with a stamp Can designer objects sold from New York to Tokyo contribute towards changing the lives of the women who produce them behind bars In Venezuela we meet Yanetzi an exinmate from Tires now working 9 to 5 in an office At night that she creates the bags that her son will sell in the streets of Caracas the following day Design Behind Bars is an intimate portrait of the womens feelings towards life inside and outside the confines and how working with design changed them