Sidai Maasai from Tanzania
I tuck the tripod between my legs and try to squeeze into the back row of a Dalla Dalla, as we start our journey to Sidai Designs near the City...
Artisans
Textile Residencies
This year Folkdays and be able e.V. a nonprofit organization for inclusive design education are tutoring the IKAT/eCUT textile residency programm of Goethe Institut Indonesia. In terms of traditional handcraft,...
Color Silk from Cambodia
Cambodia has been the subject of a lot of negative press lately regarding working standards, particularly in textile production. Many high street fashion brands have their production based in Cambodia, making...
The Kilim Girls
The traffic signs show 100 km to Iran and 250 km to Iraq. Yellow mountains, hectares of dry stone. Marvelous historic castles give a first glimpse into the long...
Emilio for Tika Rumi
Lima is a capital city of two halves. On the one hand you have districts full of sleek apartment buildings, renovated colonial housing, the Pacific Ocean, spotless streets, green lawns,...
Bibi Hanum
A long contemplated travel destination, we finally made it to the 'Stans' this year. Those in the know of Meet the Stans, the BBC travel documentary, will ask 'Which of...
Edmundo for Royal Knit Peru
Juliaca is the capital of the San Roman Province in the Puno Region of Peru, not so far from the staggering beauty of Lake Titicaca. The whole region is full...
The Bodo Tribe
If you ever plan to visit the Indian state of Assam, you’ll have to forget everything you’ve heard about travelling in India: food and water don’t make you sick, the...
Aymara Tribe
When you talk to people who have visited La Paz, they all remember the view. When I entered the city for the first time all I saw was an endless...