For People Who Care How Things Are Made—THE KINDCRAFT BRIEF is a free, twice-monthly digest of notable stories, products, and events related to ethical design and fashion, global craft, and creative culture.
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It’s not every day that a friend makes the cover of @TIME! Seeing this @OBEYGIANT illustration of our pal Marin gave my spirits a much-needed lift as we count down to USA Election Day. Big props to TIME, Shepard Fairey, @subliminal_art, and everyone who raises the call to #vote
📺✨NEW VIDEO: For @ifamsantafe, Lauren talked with designers Peter Speliopoulos and Paul Andrew (Creative Director of Salvatore @Ferragamo) about how craft informs design.
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#Design#Craft#Fashion#IFAM
Myanmar garment workers and union leaders stand with black workers in the USA!
THIS is how we will vanquish racism! THIS is what the labor movement should look like!
#BLM#BlackLivesMattters#1u#SolidarityForever
#Minnesota Friends and those who want to help Minnesotans rebuild — Here's @minnevangelist's resource page of local groups worthy of support. (Be sure to let them know of any others that should be added!) ✌️
https://t.co/d2QO7skEUy
Join our new Community Forum and tell us how your small #design business is managing in the wake of COVID-19. You can also watch all of our Past, Present, and Future of Fashion and Craft sessions with Marcella and Kavita and ask them your questions.
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This is how brands get away with creating poverty & history gets rewritten. @nytimes says one million Bangladeshi garment workers lost jobs "because of the lockdown." No, one million initially lost jobs because of brands cancelling orders B4 the lockdown. https://t.co/WjXYth1V6v
"Aren’t the garment workers risking their health by demonstrating together in the streets?" @kalponaakter: "Absolutely. But they know they may die anyway if they don’t get paid." https://t.co/aNjoZMaH4g
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Watch the first of three conversations with #TEXTO2020's Marcella Echavarria and Kavita Parmar (and use our community forum to send them questions for the next episode!)
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#craft#transparency#whomademyclothes#fashion#textile
🚨Are you a design brand / artisan / cultural tourism operator whose business has been hurt by COVID? Click here to tell us your story (and what kinds of help you need right now)! https://t.co/cM0ZqssT0f
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Can travel cultivate empathy? @AFARmedia's new issue explores this question with real depth and thoughtfulness. As part of a package on indigenous tourism (edited by the wonderful @ashleahalpern), I talked with Ed DesRosier of @GlacierSunTours... (1/2)