AFAR’s collective byline for stories developed by its design, production, and communications teams, particularly when the work reflects a shared process rather than a single author’s contribution.
Stories are being published, photographs are finding their place, new contributors and subjects are entering the conversation. We wanted to invite you in now, while all of this is still being built.
Some stories arrive as fragments first: a sentence overheard, a road after rain, a gesture in a workshop, a small detail that keeps asking to be followed.
A good company is measured in the daily conditions it creates: work, wages, materials, relationships, decisions, and the dignity people can build through them.
The future is often described from far away. We want to look for it in workshops, farms, streets, schools, markets, and communities that refuse to disappear.
Hands carry knowledge that rarely enters official language. They measure, cut, weave, polish, repair, remember, and give form to materials before they become objects.
As we continue to build "A Bag of Stories", the AFAR magazine, we turn our attention to another design from the Raffia Collection: Kaluwa, a distinctive woven bag created in two sizes for the lighter rhythm of summer.
AFAR has a new online home and a new way of writing to you. From now on, our collections will arrive with stronger images, clearer information, and more room for the materials, people, and ideas behind what we make. We begin with Keisha: one generous shape, interpreted in three distinct voices.
