Editors: gestalten, Olivier Van Herck & Zoë Agasi
Features: Full color, hardcover, stitch bound, 320 pages
Format: 22.5 × 29 cm, 9 × 11 ½  inches
Price: € 45 (D)  £ 40  $ 65 (US)
ISBN: 978-3-96704-098-2

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EU + UK PUBLICATION DATE: April 13, 2023
INT PUBLICATION DATE: June 27, 2023
EMBARGO DATE: March 23, 2023

This book showcases what it’s like to experience the full spectrum of life. From encountering different cultures to embracing the freedom of nature, making friendships, and traversing through new landscapes, this adventure ultimately takes you on a journey of self-discovery. Filled with striking imagery and expert advice, this book details a 40,000 kilometer journey spanning four years across several countries and continents using one's own muscle power.

Leaving the Comfort Zone provides valuable first hand accounts and insights to plan your own expedition, from where to stay, what to eat, and who you might expect to encounter along the way. This is a vivid chronicle of the human spirit, and what happens when you leave your comfort zone in exploration of the unknown.

Olivier van Herck and Zoë Agasi are a Belgian-Dutch couple who have spent four years traveling the world in six different travel methods. In 2016, they left inexperienced and for an indefinite period of time on two antique bicycles.

ABOUT gestalten
gestalten is an international publishing house collaborating and engaging with the world’s most interesting creatives to document and anticipate vital movements in architecture and interiors, design and fashion, escape and mobility, travel, food, and beverage, as well as visual culture.

Exploring creativity in every form, gestalten is known and loved by millions around the globe for its unique lens across print and digital mediums. gestalten also publishes illustrated books for children through its imprint Little gestalten.