Proud South Craft

Our planet is currently spilling into the hands of AI and machines, while our natural longing is for honesty, authenticity and touch of hand – and it is this longing that is at the heart of craft’s revival and of its massive influence on all aspects of global design. Proud South Craft contains 400 pages of intoxicating images and essays from craft designers hailing from all corners of the Global South, each one honouring the tradition and heartbeat of their ancestors while injecting the work with humour and uniqueness. Bringing a smile to our faces as we recognise the humanity behind the work, Edelkoort and her collaborators have here created an ode – a love story, even – to the transformational power of craft.