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1 |  | If you find this resource helpful, or have one to share, please let us know! Contact Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo, DEED Lab's Director at cynthia@newschool.edu Last updated: August 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | Name/Article Title | Link | Description | Contact / article / company? | Publishing date | Keywords | Location | email / phone / address | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | DEED Lab's Publications | https://deed.parsons.edu/research/ | The full list of research published by the DEED Lab | Miscellaneous | 2007 - current | artisan sector, fair craft, social design | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Oax-i-fornia: Generative Intersections and the Design of Craft | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19235003.2012.11418541?needAccess=true | Academic article that describes the "Oax-i-fornia" initiative created and taught by Raul Cabra, and which connected university students with artisans. We celebrate it as an exemplar of co-design that empowers all participants, and celebrates their creativity. | Raul Cabra (Professor) | 2012 | artisan sector, co-design, academia | Oaxaca, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Crafting Textiles through the Covid Crisis | https://vimeo.com/651821145/015605f5a6 | "The coronavirus pandemic is still far from over in many parts of the world, including Guatemala where artisanal textile making remains a significant aspect of indigenous Maya cultural heritage and the creative economy. This small collection of artefacts, images and narratives convey findings from recent research into: ‘how Guatemalan artisans diversified their textile practices to sustain their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic’. Our ethnographic enquiry, undertaken in 2021, was made possible through collaboration with five socially driven textile organisations working in the Lake Atitlan area; A Rum Fellow, Cojolya, Mercado Global, Multicolores, and Kakaw Designs. Analysis of online interviews, videos and photographs taken in the field, provide insights into the creative resilience of artisans as they continued to practice, communicate and market their crafts, throughout the global crisis." | Katherine Townsend, Nottingham Trent University Anna Piper, Sheffield Hallam University Luciana Jabur, Friends of The Ixchel Museum | Mar. 1, 2022 | artisan sector, guatemala, covid, case studies | Guatemala | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Business of Handmade | businessofhandmade.com | In-depth multimedia research publication about India's artisan sector, and specifically profiling 12 organizations | 200 Million Artisans | Jul. 1, 2021 | artisan sector, india, case studies, case stories | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Somaiya Kala Vidya | https://www.somaiya-kalavidya.org/ | "SKV teaches artisans to use design, business, as well as traditional identity effectively for new markets. Approaching education through a vital subject, the institute enables direct access to higher education, raises the capacity of artisans and generates value for traditional arts." | Mar. 1, 2014 | artisan sector, india, education, capacity-building, co-design | Kutch, Gujarat, India | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Handcrafted Looks, Colorful Touches at Textiles Market | http://www.hfndigital.com/homepage-featured-article/handcrafted-looks-colorful-touches-textiles-market/?nid=5000&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=56471861&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_pCrc6eab8fqyP01U0osvOgq6Pp1W3E0IG94cagwyhkgv9CwCqoJSaNtAlqPZrp68K4UEAAcFF9wLUGjOCryQFTXgBeg&_hsmi=56471861 | Trends at the New York Fashions Market | Online Article | Sep. 18, 2017 | Trends, Market, North America | New York, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Fair craft | https://docs.google.com/a/newschool.edu/document/d/1xtup8SpLDrGVkG0nmKYUHOVCzPTsbVXRfWOcxFIjU4c/edit?usp=sharing | Do artisans worldwide receive a living wage? Based on the compensation they receive for craft work, are they able to fulfill basic, essential needs for themselves and for their family? Does the Fair Trade system sufficiently guarantee a living wage to artisans? | Research Paper | Fair Trade, Living wage, Ecosystem. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | A Case study on Digital Empowerment Foundation Chanderiyaan Project | http://data.axmag.com/data/201511/20151106/U141042_F359603/HTML5/index.html | Market Development through Social Empowerment of the Poor Producers at Bottom of the Pyramid | Research Paper | Oct. 12, 2012 | Asia, Weaving, Digital empowerment, Market | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Atelier Courbet | http://www.ateliercourbet.com/craftsmen/ | Seems to be an umbrella representative for many crafts-based companies. | Store | 2013 | Luxury, Interior design, Gallery, North America | New York, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Duka Shop | https://www.dukashop.com/pages/about | Company founded by two New School alumna. Small-scale organization working with artisans. | Company | Ethical Fashion, Textile, Africa, North America | Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | AOW Handmade | http://www.aowhandmade.com | provides invaluable insight on industry trends, trade shows, and suppliers to buyers interested in ethical sourcing. | Company | 2015 | Trends, Trade shows, Suppliers, Ethical sourcing , Market research, Business mentoring, Consulting, North America | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Jill Hepphenheimer | www.linkedin.com/in/jill-heppenheimer-805a9685/ | Has 30 years experience in selling hand-woven products (and an MBA from NYU Stern.) | Contact | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | How can artisan movements empower communities? | http://www.allianceforartisanenterprise.org/fullblog/2016/12/9/how-can-artisan-movements-empower-communities | Women’s Empowerment/Refugees | Blogpost | Dec. 9, 2016 | Empowerment, Refugees, Women, Community building | Worldwide | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Working with Artisans Requires a New Business Model | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/working-with-artisans-requires-a-new-business-model_us_57dae91ae4b053b1ccf29571 | Rethinking current traditional retail business paradigms, and the financing models that support them to better work for artisan sector. | Online Article | Sep. 15, 2016 | Africa, Business model, Market, retail | Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | The art and craft of business | https://www.economist.com/news/business/21592656-etsy-starting-show-how-maker-movement-can-make-money-art-and-craft-business | Etsy is starting to show how the maker movement can make money | Online Article | Jan. 4, 2014 | Maker movement, Online platforms, Business, direct customer, North America, Consumer trend, Market, Technology | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | How Fabindia's business model has become a source of inspiration for startups | http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/how-fabindias-business-model-has-become-a-source-of-inspiration-for-startups/articleshow/22775228.cms | As India modernises rapidly, it is also giving rise to numerous startups serving as a link between lucrative markets and artisans preserving traditional crafts. And almost invariably they are borrowing from a model first introduced by Fabindia. | Online Article | Sep. 20, 2013 | Online Platform, hybrid models, Market, India | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Craftsvilla | http://www.craftsvilla.com/about-us-craftsvilla | Craftsvilla.com uses a marketplace model to capture the regional variations of India. We connect local artisans & designers directly to global customers and thereby increase their livelihood, remove middlemen, help them create/promote their brand and thereby preserve our culture, traditions and values. | Online store | Fashion, Luxury, Food, Textile, Online platform, Market, Jewelry, Cultural preservation | India | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | https://www.placeoforigin.in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | https://www.jharonka.com/pages/about | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | https://www.sutva.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Caravan | https://www.caravancraft.com/about-us | Caravan attempts to bridge the gap between the rich reservoir of traditional Indian craftsmanship and the evolving needs of contemporary living. In so doing, it seeks to revive a diverse and glorious artistic heritage and aims to protect the livelihood of artisans. | Online Store | 2013 | Poverty Alleviation, variety of crafts, Online Platform, Jewelry, Glass, Toys, Wood, Textile, Fashion, cultural heritage | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Rangstura | http://rangsutra.com/about/ | We act as a bridge between rural artisans and global consumers in order to develop sustainable livelihoods and revive India’s rich craft heritage. We are a company owned by a community of over two thousand artisans across rural India. | Company/Online store | Textile, Global Market, Online Platform, Jewelry, Fashion, Fair trade, Ikea, Market Access, Cultural heritage, poverty alleviation | India | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | India: Artisans turn entrepreneurs - a business model seeks to reduce vulnerabilities for human trafficking | www.unodc.org/southasia/frontpage/2014/April/india-artisans-turn-entrepreneurs-an-innovative-model-seeks-to-reduce-vulnerabilities-that-lead-to-human-trafficking.html | With the aim to provide sustainable livelihood options in rural settings vulnerable to human trafficking, in 2009, UNODC supported livelihood programmes for rural artisans in the two Northeastern states of Mizoram and Tripura. The livelihood programme was implemented by Impulse, a NGO based in Meghalaya and working in the eight Northeastern states of India. Financially supported by USAID. | Online Article | Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Intermediary, Market Access, Poverty Alleviation,Capacity building, Traditional weaving, Human trafficking | India | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Impulse Empower | https://www.impulsempower.com | Impulse Social Enterprises (ISE) as the name suggests, is a social enterprise of like-minded individuals that help provide sustainable livelihoods for tribes in Northeast India, neighbouring states, and eventually in neighbouring countries as well. | Online Store | November 2011 | Traditional Crafts, Preservation, Market access, For profit , Online Platform, Poverty Alleviation, Fashion, Textile | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Scaling Fair Trade: 5 Lessons on how Globein grew to over $1M in sales | https://globein.com/blog/5-lessons-fair-trade-start-up/ | It started with a box. A social business startup dreamt of connecting artisans in developing countries to the global marketplace using a subscription model. This became GlobeIn Artisan Box. In one year, GlobeIn grew its business by sixteen times to over $1 million in annual revenue. Here are the the lessons learnt along the way. 1) PRODUCT FIRST, MISSION SECOND 2) SERVE YOUR CUSTOMERS 3) COMPETE WITH AND OPERATE LIKE TRADITIONAL FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES 4) GET A LINE OF CREDIT 5) PLAN YOUR CASH FLOW | Online Article | Oct. 24, 2016 | Social Business, Business model, Startup, Online Platform, Membership, Market access, North America, Global, Challenges | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Globein | https://globein.com/the-artisan-gift-box | Deliver joy by empowering and connecting remarkable, remote artisans to mindful customers. They have an online marketplace, Artisan box subscription and social good projects | Company | November 2011 | Social Business, Business model, Startup, Online Platform, Membership, Market access, North America, Global, California, Poverty alleviation | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Circular Fashion | https://circularfashion.com | Circularfashion.com is an online platform launched in 2015 to promote a more sustainable and circular fashion, apparel and textile industry on a worldwide scale. The website has been developed and is owned by the consultancy firm Green Strategy (CEO Anna Brismar). | Online Platform | 2015 | Online Platform, Fashion, Textile, Sustainability, | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Katherine Townsend | https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-townsend-85a4769/ | Craft Research Magazine Co-editor, 3D Weave. Leader of the Digital Craft and Embodied Knowledge research group; Co-curator and exhibitor in ‘Crafting Anatomies: Material, Performance, Identity’, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, 2015; Currently leading ‘Emotional Fit: Mapping the evolving female form in fashion’, a collaborative research project; Co-editor of the journal of Craft Research (Intellect) since 2010. | Contact | Journal, Craft Research | UK | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Piece & Co. | https://pieceandco.com | Social and Environmental Sustainability are at the core of the Piece & Co. business, a catalyst for positive change and empowering women around the world through textiles and product. We build long-term partnerships with artisan groups and small businesses around the world to create a global supply chain of sustainable jobs. | Company | September 2011 | Textile, Capacity building, market access, Online Platform, Environmental responsibility, International Market, Quality Control, Sustainability, Empowerment, Poverty Alleviation | USA | kathleen@pieceandco.com | |||||||||||||||||||
33 | This Artisan fabric is revolutionizing the fashion industry | http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a17111/piece-and-co-handmade-artisan-fabric-revolutionizing-fashion-industry/ | Article on piece&co's journey. Since launching in 2011, Piece & Co. has supplied fabric to the likes of Nike, Diane von Furstenberg, Supreme, Opening Ceremony, Veronica Beard, Mara Hoffman and Shopbop. The company now employs more than 5,000 artisans at local co-ops in countries from Bolivia to Zambia, where, through a customized training program, the women learn to manage their own finances and establish independence. | Online Article | Aug. 12, 2016 | Woman Empowerment, Textile, Market Access, Challenges, Fashion, Luxury brands | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Digital Empowerment Foundation | www.defindia.org | Established in 2002, Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) aims to connect unreached and underserved communities of India in an effort to bring them out of digital darkness and equip them with access to information. | Contact | Technology, Access, New Delhi, Empowerment, Digital literacy | India | Dr. M Shahid Siddiqui | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Edun | https://edun.com | Luxury Fashion Brand. Building long-term, sustainable growth opportunities by supporting manufacturers, community-based initiatives and partnering with African artists and artisans. | Company | January 2005 | Ethical Fashion, Luxury brand, Fashion, Accessories, Leather, Africa, Eco-friendly, Market Access, New York, Ready to wear, Online Platform, Lifestyle | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | ByHand Consulting | http://byhandconsulting.com | ByHand aligns buyers sourcing new artisan products with the artisan enterprises seeking those buyers. ByHand brings socially responsible artisan products to the market through a portfolio of marketing, product development and business mentoring programs using our network of consultants and advisors and artisan and buyer partners. We build relationships, strengthen entrepreneurial skills, expand markets, promote craft tradition, and encourage the sale of beautiful handmade products. | Company | Consulting Services, Product development, Market research, Buyer trips, Trade show services, Capacity building, Workshops, California | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Hosoo | http://www.hosoo-kyoto.com | Kyoto-based textile company founded in 1688 and specializes in superior quality fabrics for high-end interior and fashion design. | Company | 1688 | Luxury Brand, Textile, Fashion, Interior, kimonos, Traditional technique, Culture preservation | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Urban Zen | https://www.urbanzen.com | The Urban Zen Foundation creates, connects, and collaborates to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of preservation of cultures, well being, and education. | Company | Culture preservation, Wellness, Education, Lifestyle, Haiti, Vocational training, | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Aymara weavers | http://remezcla.com/culture/aymara-women-weave-occluders/ | Weavers’ steady hands as the perfect solution to creating a small high-tech medical product that cannot be mass produce | Online Article | Oct. 26, 2016 | Technology, New Market, Medical industry, Implants, Capacity building, | Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Traditional Textile Design for Social Innovation Toward Sustainability | http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1902&context=tsaconf | In this paper, I will explore to reexamine traditional textiles in Japan and to translate them in order to design new ideas and products for social innovation toward sustainability. Firstly, I will describe my background how I have reached to this issue. Secondly, I will introduce several activities that I have done with textile specialists, and my colleague and students at Tama Art University (TAU) where I belong. Then I will explore textile designs for social innovation toward sustainability. | Paper | 2014 | Sustainability production, Textile, Culture preservation, Government Initiatives, | Japan | Yuko Fukatsu (Tama Art University) fukatsu@tamabi.ac.jp | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | Textiles Environment Design (TED) | http://www.tedresearch.net/research/detail/digital-hands/ | collaborative project between TED (Textile Environmental Design) and several partners in India that brings together traditional crafts with emerging technologies to anticipate new solutions in the sustainable design and production of textiles for the furnishing sector. | Company | 1996 | Textile, Experimental fabric, research, Practice-based, Sustainable, India | UK | ted@chelsea.arts.ac.uk | |||||||||||||||||||
42 | Khaloom | http://www.khaloom.com | Khaloom creates high-end fabrics from production waste, together with artisans from India | Company | Waste, Fabric, Textile, Sustainability, Poverty Alleviation | India | prasanna@enviu.org | ||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Hosoo/Cultural collaboration Strategy | https://drive.google.com/a/newschool.edu/file/d/0ByicCpVxj4PPWlh5bnIxbUtTMVU/view?usp=sharing | Hosoo Examples of cross sector collaborations for the Artisan Sector | Slides | Cross sector applications, cross cultural, Luxury brands, Textile, New industry, Furniture, Fashion, Interior, Designer Collaboration, High Quality | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Wal-Mart case: Women's empowerment through access to markets | https://drive.google.com/a/newschool.edu/file/d/0ByicCpVxj4PPQUVobW4zQlYzWGRLa1RoQi1EYXpLcjltai1Z/view?usp=sharing | This case study was developed as part of a research initiative undertaken by the University of Oxford to develop measurements for evaluating the impact of Walmart’s Empowering Women Together (EWT) program. | Research Paper | 2015 | Sales Channels, Mass Retail, Women empowerment, measurements, Walmart, Market access, Massai, Indigenous, Traditions, Cultural preservation, poverty | Africa | Joan Shifrin / jshifrin@globalgoodspartners.org | |||||||||||||||||||
45 | Financial Info on Artisan Co and NGO | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-FH5Tt6W-yiUUEzZmNBZkxFa00/view?usp=sharing | Financial Statement | Artisan Sector Financial Appeal to Investors | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | InterWoven: Integrating Traditional Basket Weaving Craft into Computer Aided Design | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-FH5Tt6W-yiVzh5QmFndVIyR00 | Modem design tools should celebrate the diversity of making traditions and harness the strength of digital means combining it with traditional operations and aesthetics to create objects that were not possible with either of them individually | Research Paper | 2016 | Emerging Technology, Traditional methods, cultural preservation, Technological Solutions, CAD, basket-weaving, tool | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Hybrid Craft: Showcase of Physical and Digital Integration of Design and Craft Skills | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-FH5Tt6W-yiY3dneEVPUnhackk | Hybrid Craft exhibition, positioning 15 hybrid projects in the context of today’s Maker culture. Each project demonstrates a unique integration of contemporary making practice with traditional craft | Paper | 2015 | Emerging Technology, Traditional methods, cultural preservation, Technological Solutions, tool-making, jewelry, bowl-making and interactive design, Maker movement | USA | zoran@cs.huji.ac.il | |||||||||||||||||||
48 | Noonday Collection | http://www.noondaycollection.com | Noonday has a "Tupperware" sales model. Sales: 11 MM. We design and sell an inspired collection of jewelry and accessories made by Artisans across the globe. | Company | 2010 | Trunk shows, empowerment, Jewelry, online platform, global, Adoption, | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | NOVICA | https://www.novica.com | (partnership with National Geographic) Empower. Connect. Preserve. Those are all powerful, fundamentally important mantras that drive us. But at the very core of what we do, at our very essence - we've succeeded only if we make both artisans and customers happy | Company | 1999 | Empower, Preserve, Connect to Market, online platform, Wholesale, Happiness, National Geographic, Home accessories, Jewelry | USA/international | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Ten Thousand Villages | https://www.tenthousandvillages.com | We are not your typical business. We are a non-profit social enterprise that partners with independent small-scale artisan groups, co-ops and workshops to bring their wares to our markets. | NGO/Online platform | 1940 | Pennsylvania, Global, Fair trade, Online platform, Poverty alleviation, Women empowerment, Capacity building, Home accessories, Jewelry, Wholesale | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | SERRV | http://www.serrv.org | oldest nonprofit fair trade and development organizations, Serrv is a nonprofit, fair trade organization dedicated to lifting disadvantaged artisans, farmers, and their families out of poverty. | NGO/online platform | 1999 | Online platform, Poverty alleviation, Women empowerment, Capacity building, Fair trade, Home accessories, Jewelry, Apparel, Food, India, Merryland | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | The Use of Craft Skills in New Contexts | http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/RICHES-D5.1-The-Use-of-Craft-Skills-in-New-Contexts_public.pdf | This report outlines the results of a qualitative study that examined how craft skills can generate value and competitive advantage for the European creative economy, particularly with respect to employment and the creation of new jobs. Two pathways for value generation have been prefigured and investigated: through the integration of new technologies to configure new ways of using craft skills; and through the transfer of craft-related skills to other economic sectors, with a focus on the sectors of design and fashion. | Paper | 2015 | Technology, innovation, New Market, Creative economy, employment, Craft, Fashion, UK, Netherland, Romania, Qualitative | Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Guatemalan Artisans Are Pushing to Remove 64,000 Fake Maya Products From Etsy | http://remezcla.com/features/culture/maya-weavers-etsy-shopify-google/?rfb | Talking about the need for copyrighting indigenous patterns and organisations working to confront companies that benefit from the artisans | Online Article | 2017 | Ethical fashion. Cultural preservation, Royalty, Indigenous, Copyright, etsy, Lake Atitlan, Mass production, authentic, Huipils, Trademark | Guatemala | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Ethical Fashion Guatemala | https://ethicalfashionguatemala.com | A website owned by the artisans of Guatemala. They sell their products and workshops through the website as well as work on copyrighting their work. | Online shop | Ethical fashion, Middle man, Online platform, Market Access, poverty alleviation, Fair trade, Direct from Artisans, Eco-friendly, Cultural preservation, Lake Atitlan | Guatemala | |||||||||||||||||||||
55 | These Mayan Weavers Could Be Paving the Way For Indigenous Communities to Trademark Their Work | http://remezcla.com/culture/mayan-weavers-trademark/ | Artisans efforts in Guatemala to copyright their work and their attempts to go to court | Online Article | 2016 | Trademark, Cultural preservation, indigenous women, supreme court, Textile, Tourism, Government | Guatemala | ||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Lessons learned from Artisans connect | http://www.allianceforartisanenterprise.org/digital-learning-series-archive/2017/9/12/lessons-learned-from-artisan-connect | Digital Learning Series, Amanda North of Artisan Connect shares learnings from running the online marketplace Artisan Connect. | Business model / case study | 2017 | Market Access, business model, organizational structure, challenges, Intermediary, eCommerce, Multichannel, North America, Market, Scaling, Middle man | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Lessons from my social impact venture | http://www.allianceforartisanenterprise.org/fullblog/2017/8/2/lessons-from-my-social-impact-venture | Case study by Amanda North that explores the issues of market access for artisans the company was formed to address, its business model and organizational structure, as well as the challenges it faced, which ultimately led to its merger at the end of 2016. | Business model / case study | 2017 | Market Access, business model, organizational structure, challenges, Intermediary, eCommerce, Multichannel, North America, Market, Scaling, Middle man | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
58 | https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lessons-from-my-social-impact-venture-amanda-north/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Soko | https://shopsoko.com | Soko employs technology to empower and provide equal access to opportunity for marginalized artisans. Our supply chain innovation uses the mobile phone to connect independent artisan entrepreneurs to Soko in an ethical and transparent "virtual factory". | Online shop | 2015 | Ethical fashion, Jewelry, poverty alleviation, International market, entrepreneurs, Transparency, "Virtual Factory", Mobile app, Luxury brands, marginalized artisans, Kenya, Africa, Online platform, Market access | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Krochet Kids | https://capable.org | We provide life-changing job opportunities to women in need. With each purchase you make we introduce you to the woman who made your product and invite you to visit her online profile to learn more about her. | NGO | 2017 | Poverty alleviation, Uganda, Peru, Africa, South America, Women artisans, apparel and accessories, empowerment, meaningful employment | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
61 | https://www.krochetkids.org | Online shop | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Stephanie Odegard | https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-odegard-76552711/ | President at Stephanie Odegard Co. Ltd. | Contact | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Emilime | http://shopemilime.com | Emilime has been innovating in knitwear since 2009. We specialize in handmade accessories featuring alpaca fiber and sheep’s wool, straight from the highlands of Peru. | Online shop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Artisan industries in Asia: Four Case Studies | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay_Kathuria/publication/277233139_Artisan_industries_in_Asia_four_case_studies/links/55e5f11308aec74dbe74df4b/Artisan-industries-in-Asia-four-case-studies.pdf | This study, which focused on the commercial crafts that are regularly traded in the international marketplace, was conducted at a macro as well as micro level. The former includes analysis of trade data collected from the International Trade Centre. The microlevel study reports interviews with exporters and importers, both in India and abroad. The study examines commerce, barriers to commerce, and price and non price factors affecting handicraft products. | Business model / case study | 1988 | Handicraft, Cottage industry, employment, income, International trade, Trade agreements, exports, government policy, working conditions, wages, employment instability, women workers, India, Philippines, Indonesia | Asia (India, Indonesia, Philippines) | ||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Nest Impact report 2016 | https://www.buildanest.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Nest-2016-Impact-Report.pdf | Nest is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) committed to the social and economic advancement of global artisans and homeworkers. By providing artisan businesses with tailored programming and development support while building scalable solutions to global sector challenges, Nest is generating a more inclusive global economy with the power to alleviate poverty, empower women, and preserve endangered cultural traditions. | Impact report | 2016 | Poverty Alleviation, impact report, capacity building, measuring impact | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Big Business: Making it Work with Small-Scale Artisans | http://source.ethicalfashionforum.com/assets-uploaded/documents/Big_Business-_Making_it_work_with_small-scale_artisans.pdf | The age of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has brought about a new type of collaboration to meet the demands of a multiplying consumer breed. In the UK a reported 69% of adults are keen to buy ethical clothing, were it more readily available (Conino, 2011). Attempts to ‘green-up’ and satisfy this sizeable market segment has seen a growing trend for retailers approaching artisanal groups in developing economies to collaborate, resulting in unique products that make a difference. | Business model / case study | Ethical fashion, Collaboration, woodblock printed, India, Jaipur, vegetable Dye, Levi Strauss, indigo fermentation, EAST, challenges, Monsoon, SEWA, Artisan Trade, embroidery, Delhi, ASOS, SOKO Kenya, e-commerce, Panchachuli, Timberland, NEST, weaving, knitting, spinning, middleman, intermediary, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Industree | http://www.industree.org.in | Established in 2000, Industree Foundation holistically tackles the root causes of poverty by creating an ownership based, organised creative manufacturing ecosystem for micro-entrepreneurs. | NGO | 2000 | micro-entrepreneurs, Poverty alleviation, Working Conditions, Women’s Empowerment, | Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Harris Tweed: from island cloth to high-end fashion | http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171122-harris-tweed-from-island-cloth-to-cutting-edge-fashion | As far as collective intellectual property rights are concerned, this is a very interesting and, apparently, unprecedented case. The Harris Tweed is the “world’s only cloth with protected provenance, governed by a British Act of Parliament". The Harris Tweed is: | Online Article | 2017 | Copyrights, Scotland, weaving textile, Cultural preservation, protected provenance, British Act of Parliament, tradition, Market access, | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
69 | - handwoven only by the islanders of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | - Cloth cannot be ‘Harris Tweed’, or called ‘Harris Tweed’, if it does not meet the legal de nation described in the 1993 Act of Parliament. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | - Every piece of genuine ‘Harris Tweed’ cloth is checked and certified by the Harris Tweed Authority and stamped with the Orb Mark to verify its provenance and quality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | - The ‘Harris Tweed’ name, mark and Orb device are valuable intellectual assets protected by law in many territories worldwide. These intellectual assets are also of signi cant economic value to the islanders of the Outer Hebrides and to customers of ‘Harris Tweed’. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Textile Society of America | https://www.facebook.com/pg/textilesocietyofamerica/about/?ref=page_internal | The Textile Society of America, Inc. provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about textiles worldwide, from artistic, cultural, economic, historic, political, social, and technical perspectives. | Organisation | 1987 | biennial symposium, Membership, Papers, Museums, Workshops, Study tours, Awards & Scholarships, Fellowships, Tradition, History, Cultural preservation | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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75 | VOZ | https://madebyvoz.com/ | VOZ is an ethical luxury fashion company whose mission is to protect the livelihoods, well-being, and cultural values of rural indigenous women globally. VOZ was founded in 2012 by Jasmine Aarons. | Company | 2012 | Ethical fashion, Luxury brand, Indigenous, Empowerment, Cultural preservation, Poverty alleviation, Capacity building, New York, Retail, online platform | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Ethical Fashion Initiative | http://ethicalfashioninitiative.org/impact-results/ | The Ethical Fashion Initiative connects artisans from the developing world to the international value chain of fashion. In doing so, the Ethical Fashion Initiative harnesses fashion as a vehicle for development. Artisans can change their lives for the better by manufacturing luxury value-added ethical fashion products for top fashion designers. | Organisation | 2009 | Ethical fashion, sustainability, monitoring tool, Transparency, Traceability, reports, Africa, top fashion houses, United Nation, World Trade organization, middle man, centralised production hubs, Market access | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Jill Heppenheimer articles | https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1WkcirDyVutPrhqjq-ILVUb20SOh5d9Xi | About having your own creative work and how to build your relationships, business framework as well as collections | Articles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1WkcirDyVutPrhqjq-ILVUb20SOh5d9Xi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1WkcirDyVutPrhqjq-ILVUb20SOh5d9Xi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1WkcirDyVutPrhqjq-ILVUb20SOh5d9Xi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Nest - Compliance for Homes and Small Workshops | https://www.buildanest.org/standards-and-seal/ | The Nest Standards for Homes and Small Workshops and Nest Seal of Homeworker Wellbeing work together to ensure industry-wide transparency and compliance for production taking place beyond the four-walled factory. | Standards | 2017 | Transparency, Ethical Handcraft, Standards, workplace safety, Cultural sensitivity, Decentralized supply chain, United Nation, Eileen Fisher, Target, West Elm | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
82 | The little market | https://www.thelittlemarket.com/pages/about | The Little Market is an online fair trade shop founded by Lauren Conrad and Hannah Skvarla where customers can purchase beautiful products handmade by artisans around the world. We provide design insights, helping our partners to showcase their traditional skills and cultural techniques to a broader audience. We practice fair trade principles, and every purchase from The Little Market generates meaningful income for the artisans and their families. | NGO / Online shop | 2006 | Fair trade, Ethically sourced, Market access, online platform, cooperative, social enterprise, Alliance for Artisan Enterprise, poverty alleviation, Home accessories, women empowerment | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
83 | "State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples" | http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/SOWIP/en/SOWIP_web.pdf | Report by the UN on the state of "Indigenous People" globally, which they state as 370 million | United Nations | 2009 | Cultural preservation, Indigenous, marginalization, United Nation, human rights, Traditions, History | Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
84 | The Alliance for Artisan Enterprise: Bringing Artisan Enterprise to Scale | https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/images/Alliance%20for%20Artisan%20Enterprise%20Concept%20Note_0.pdf | The untapped economic development potential of the artisan sector makes a powerful case for establishing the Alliance for the Artisan Enterprise. A group of key individuals and institutions convened to consider ways in which an alliance would support, elevate, and expand the artisan sector, with encouragement from the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. This discussion paper outlines proposed goals, objectives, and activities for such an alliance in 2012. | Paper | 2012 | Macroeconomy, Global, developing countries, creative economy, income generation, employment, objective and goals, | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Authentically handmade? How to know amid mass production | http://abcnews.go.com/amp/Lifestyle/wireStory/authentically-handmade-amid-mass-production-52579673 | There is no "fair trade" certification process for handicrafts as a category because the production processes vary widely. Organizations like Fair Trade U.S.A. certify some products that may be handcrafted, such as clothing and rugs. But safety and labor standards used for those items might be irrelevant for an individual basket weaver in a rural village. | Online Article | 2018 | Fair Trade, West Elm, mass production, Retail stores, International market, artisan compensation, Transparency, | Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Creating a Social Business | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByicCpVxj4PPYW5FZFZvX0dWV0tWVk5iS1FlSHhSdnQ2WDJj/view?usp=sharing | How Jaipur living developed a global rug Business, one weaver at a time, and lifted thousands out of poverty. These two critical points for success grabbed my attention: 1) learning how to scale a business model with a highly decentralized workforce. 2) The Higher School of “Unlearning”. | Business model / case study | 2017 | Decentralized supply chain, entrepreneurship, Market access, Cultural preservation, Capacity building, scaling, | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Audrey Seagraves - Fair Wage Guide Software and Social Enterprise | https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/audrey_seagraves_-_fair_wage_guide_software_and_social_enterprise | This is a podcast on Fair Wage, a free tool that compares how wages being paid to any artisan worldwide compare to international wage standards. | Podcast | 2010 | Fair wage guide, empowerment, Good World Solutions, Technology, Global, Data analysis, Fair trade | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Good World Solutions | http://goodworldsolutions.org/fair-wage-guide/ | The mission at Good World Solutions is to use data to create safe and respectful workplaces. We work with innovators – leading companies and NGOs that are not content with the status quo. Our partners want to see working conditions change for the better and we use our technology to catalyze that transformation. | Company | 2005 | Workplace safety, empowerment, Data collection, marginalized communities, Data analysis, Complaints, hotline, fair wage guide, Labourlink | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Standard Business School Center for Social Innovation. | https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/search/artisans | There were 47 articles on artisans | Online Papers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Mulaka | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=986XvM3IQNg&app=desktop | Dive into northern Mexico's breathtaking landscapes with Mulaka, a 3D action-adventure game based on the rich indigenous culture of the Tarahumara. | Video game | 2018 | Game Design, Technology, Cultural Preservation, Empowerment, Representation, Documentation | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Future Footwear Foundation | http://futurefootwear.org | We promote our understanding of human locomotion and sustainable footwear for body and environment by studying and working with indigenous cobblers and by integrating design anthropology, sustainability and biomechanics in multidisciplinary projects. | Organisation | 2015 | Footwear, indigenous, New technology, Cultural preservation, Sustainable, bio-mechanics | International | ||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Crafting the Composite Garment: The role of hand weaving in digital creation | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20511787.2015.1127037 | This paper focuses on current Doctoral research into the design and prototyping of 3D woven or ‘composite’ garments and how the re-learning, or reinterpreting, of hand weaving techniques in a digital Jacquard format relies heavily on experiential knowledge of craft weaving skills. | Research paper | 2016 | composite garment, digital production, embodied knowledge, hand weaving, Jacquard weaving, zero-waste, 3D woven textiles | |||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Women in the peruvian andes are reviving an ancient craft | https://www.junglesinparis.com/stories/women-in-the-peruvian-andes-are-reviving-an-ancient-craft | Weaving is one of the oldest human skills, and in South America, the backstrap loom still used in parts of the Andes today has been around for more than 10,000 years. Now, however, this ancient process is meeting the 21st-century marketplace, as the women of the small town of Patacancha, in the south of Peru, create beautiful textiles in the Incan style for consumers from far away. | Film | Storytelling, weaving, South America, Cultural Preservation, Documentation, Indigenous, Process | Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||
94 | the problem with the term ethical fashion | https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviapinnock/2018/05/29/the-problem-with-the-term-ethical-fashion/#d0fc13c89de0 | According to research by Common Objective, Google searches for “sustainable fashion” have grown 46% and “ethical fashion” 25% in the past six years, both being used interchangeably by consumers. It’s certainly seems to be an increasingly popular phrase to put on your product to attract hits, but are shoppers finding what they want? | Online Article | 2018 | ethical fashion, fast fashion, sustainable, marketing, storytelling, transparency, mainstream | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
95 | What does 'artisan-made' fashion mean today? | http://thepeahen.com/artisan-made-fashion-today/ | Artisan-made encourages us to ask more question. It prompts us to learn that today's commoditized and cheaply-made clothes have created an industry that masks grave human rights atrocities under layers of bureaucracy, corporate speak, and marketing. | Online Article | 2018 | ethical fashion, sustainable fashion, marketing, storytelling, transparency, artisan, craftsperson, garment worker, definitions | Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Garment worker project | https://behno.com/collections/garment-worker-project | Behno’s founder, Shivam Punjya, invited fashion photographer Dan Smith and documentary filmmaker Kent Mathews to MSA Ethos to explore the less visible side of fashion. Smith captured the unique individuals of MSA Ethos through an emotional series of intimate portraits while Mathews documented their personal stories and the unique infrastructure of the factory through documentary film. Ultimately, the project aims to demonstrate that garment workers are not a commodity and that garment production in the multibillion-dollar fashion industry does not need to be based on the exploitation of labor. | Film/Photography | 2016 | ethical fashion, sustainable fashion, storytelling, transparency, Garment workers, factory workers, documentation, India, Mainstream fashion, | India, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Behno | https://behno.com/pages/our-story | behno’s mission is to redefine and bring sharp awareness to the craft and character of “made in India” and to set a new standard for manufacturing for India’s garment trade that revolutionizes the way garment workers are treated, viewed, and employed. Further, behno aims to become a part of a global mission to inspire change and improve factory conditions to augment the quality of life and safety of individuals in the garmenting spaces of developing countries by working in partnership with international factories that adhere to rigid factory compliances | Company | 2014 | ethical fashion, sustainable fashion, storytelling, transparency, Garment workers, factory workers, Standards, India, Mainstream fashion, Accessories, garment trade, Poverty alleviation | India, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Amazon Handmade | https://services.amazon.com/handmade/handmade.html | Amazon Handmade is a store within Amazon.com where Artisans sell their handcrafted goods. | Online platform | 2015 | Handmade, market access, Online platform, international access, Amazon, | Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Good on you | https://goodonyou.eco/how-we-rate/ | The Good On You ethical brand rating system gives you the power to make better choices as an informed shopper. Choices that reflect your commitment to doing better by the planet, people and animals. We believe fashion brands have a responsibility and should be transparent about their impact. How did the clothes you’re wearing get to you and how do your favourite brands stack up? | Online platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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