
Farm to Textile
in Mértola, Portugal
One of the greatest privileges here at PBP is to work with makers from all corners of the world, and carry the responsibility to tell the rich stor...
Read moreOne of the greatest privileges here at PBP is to work with makers from all corners of the world, and carry the responsibility to tell the rich stor...
Read morePropelled by the commitment to invest $50M in the global artisan sector, West Elm and its parent company, William Sonoma Inc., is leading the charg...
Read moreThe raw materials used can be as varied as the shapes and colors of the finished product. But the one thing that binds together the age-old craft o...
Read moreSometimes you need to go back to move forward. When Viola Labi decided to launch her own business—Woven Worldwide—she didn’t do it in her native To...
Read moreOnce you learn just a bit about porcelain, it's easy to understand why so many of us think of it as the Rolls Royce of ceramics. With its high firi...
Read moreWhen we talk about sustainability, we don't often talk about leather. We should. As so many of our maker partners in Turkey remind us, leather is p...
Read moreWhen Kennedy Leavens founded Awamaki in 2009, she adopted a time-tested philosophy: If you want to help lift women out of poverty, don’t give mone...
Read moreDiscarded magazines pages that are transformed into vibrant holiday ornaments. Reclaimed textile waste that finds a new life as a furniture fabric....
Read more238 Number of makers in the Powered by People community. 82% Percentage of those brands that are women-led*, totaling 189. *PBP considers brands t...
Read moreWhen you’re striving to effect wide-spread, positive change, you can’t go it alone. You need partners. Which is why Powered by People is thrilled t...
Read more"Everyone deserves to make a fair wage." That’s Kazi’s mantra, and it’s one they have followed through on every day since launching in 2013. The br...
Read moreWhile studying at Parsons School of Design in New York, Calcutta native Nidhi Goenka got inspired by the Bauhaus movement of 1919. Which can probab...
Read moreA table runner, a pillowcase, an upholstered chair. You’re probably familiar with ikat fabric and its trademark, slightly blurred geometric pattern...
Read moreOver the past year and a half, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a mixed effect on consumption. Some categories and distribution channels for “essentia...
Read moreAccounting, order tracking, quality control, progress reports…in short, production management. To most of us in the western world, these processes...
Read moreMarta Castaneda, founder of Pais Textil, explains how she turned her passion into a profession.
Read moreChhoti Si Asha is a volunteer-driven non-profit that incorporates a livliehood center for women to make crafts, an after-school program for the com...
Read moreWhen Kythzia Barrera holds a handmade ceramic comal in her hands, she knows she’s cradling more than a beautiful cooking vessel. She is holding the...
Read moreThere’s so much beauty in the handcrafted products created by the artisans at AAKS, and that beauty is magnified a hundred times over when you lear...
Read moreIt’s all about trust. Consumers are demanding unique, high-quality products—but more than that, they want origin transparency. They want the story...
Read moreFour continents. 191 enterprises. 35,000 people. Powered by People teamed up with the Mastercard Foundation to highlight the enormous potential of ...
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