My first online business, possibly ahead of its time.

Earl and Dagne at Foil media helped me put it together.

The website is no longer visible but the blog articles are still online here.

Vincent and Maxwell were two of the craftspeople I worked with in Cape Town, helping them secure their supply of materials, settle into workshop space and weather business set-backs.
See more pictures of their amazing work here.

A parent-owned Montessori nursery school. Working with parents, teachers, pre-schoolers and other stakeholders to create a safe, multicultural environment in post-apartheid, South Africa.

I returned to design work in 1989 when Barbara and Dominic Sansoni asked me to create toys, furniture, clothes, POS materials and lots, lots more for the amazing Barefoot workshops and retail spaces.

Civil war in the North and East of Sri Lanka destroyed most of the housing, and put young men at risk of forced conscription. Construction industry training gave them focus, routine and employable skills.

Several years of drought left remote communities few options but migration to overcrowded towns. Food distribution, particularly supplementary feeding for children, avoided displacement for some villages and saved many lives.

This unique gallery of pictures tells some of the story.

I was assigned to the Sudanaid workshops as a technical volunteer to provide design, training and workshop management for 7 workshops across 5 refugee settlements.