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London-based artist Chris Haughton (featured in Time Magazine’s Design 100) works directly with traditional Nepalese carpet makers to transform digital graphic designs for rugs into a hand-woven reality. This new method of designing connects communities in the developing world with design technology.
The colourful, hand-woven pieces of art come in a diverse range of designs. They have been fairly traded and will be on exhibition in the shop-front along Lamb’s Conduit Street alongside a photographic insight into the processes behind rug-making. They will be open to view throughout Fairtrade Fortnight during the shop’s opening hours.
The rug-makers, Kumbeshwar, are a founder-member of Fair Trade Nepal. Employees are taught literacy and skills. In addition to fair wages their work supports a school of 260 children and an orphanage of nineteen.
Chris Haughton will be sharing his experiences of working in Nepal at Fair Trade in Design on Monday 5 March. For more information on his work, visit www.digitalhandmade.com.

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