Design & craftProfile
The tailors of the old bazaar
Measurements in a notebook, a tape around the neck and thirty years of regular customers.
Words, books and the craft of writing.
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Why handwritten notes still matter
In an age of instant messages, the slowness is the message.
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Block printing comes back into fashion
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Qawwali for people who think they do not like it
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A made-up interview with a retired schoolteacher about pay, respect and forty years in a classroom.
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A jeweller who repairs what others throw away
Broken chains, missing stones and heirlooms in pieces. The quiet art of the fix.
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The street photographers of the old city
Old cameras, early mornings and a rule about asking first.