After five years at ABURY – living and working in many different countries, with designers from various backgrounds, in craft communities with unique cultural heritage – we encountered many amazing people and breathtaking stories. On our journey we also encountered the biggest disaster in fast fashion history: Rana Plaza. It reminded us all that we cannot look away and that it is important to ask where our products have been made, by whom, and under which circumstances. We learned from you, our friends and customers, that you share the curiosity and will to embrace the rare and irregular, looking for the soul in a product. You want to know the stories behind the products in a transparent way.
This is why we created One of a Mind – our blog to celebrate the beauty and diversity of crafts, culture and people:
We create “one of a kind” stories with an “of one mind” attitude.
We zoom in, we zoom out. The value of a product goes beyond its design and tells about its culture. Come on a journey to Touching Places, learn about foreign cuisines in Scenting Flavours or listen to a culture’s melodies in Catching Sounds & Art and learn about Beauty around the world.Every selected piece has its story. From sourcing the perfect garment to its last stitch. Catch a glimpse Behind the Seams to learn about the materials and techniques and see our products in blogger action in our ABURY Looks.There are humans behind every piece who define and shape its identity. Connect with our Handmade Heroes and explore inspiring ideas by reading about Beautiful Business.
We wish you a beautiful journey.
Interviews
Posted on April 16 2019
The Canadian designer Ruth Hepburn Winner of the 3rd ABURY Design experience describes her passion for creating handmade pieces and her point of view on intercultural exchange with Ethiopian handcrafters.
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Ethiopia
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Ruth Hepburn
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Posted on February 20 2018
Xiomara Bender is a photographer known for her amazing visual language. Her authentic approach to documenting people around the world made Xiomara Bender the perfect photographer for this third PortrAid series.
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Ethiopia
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Lara Petersen
Interviews
Posted on January 26 2018
After working as a model for many years, Suzana Holtgrave became a fashion photographer. She has worked for magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, Elle or J'N'C, and she is the our photographer.
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Lara Petersen
Morocco
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Posted on November 15 2017
This article will present you Marta Castañeda, founder and designer of the brand País Textil. She will be talking about her brand, traditional weaving in Peru, the local culture and handbags.
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Lara Petersen
Peru
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Posted on October 14 2017
In this interview you will discover everything about the make up artist Karim Sattar by exploring his work and the creative process keeping in mind his perception about beauty around the world.
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Kenya
Lara Petersen
Interviews
Posted on September 21 2017
In this article get to know the two Ethiopian coffee experts and women entrepreneurs Sali and Sara Nuru from NuruCoffee through the exploration of the Ethiopian culture, tastes, and topics of women empowerment.
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Ethiopia
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Lara Petersen
Interviews
Posted on August 16 2017
Maha Alouani, manager of the Heritage Museum in Marrakech, has always been exposed to different cultures. She explains her discoveries on historical commonality of different countries through study of motifs.
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Lara Petersen
Morocco
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Posted on June 23 2017
Yannick Hervy designed the first range of berber bags for ABURY, our timeless and most popular product, which lent a new lease of life to this particular craft, reviving the elusive Berber tradition.
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Lara Petersen
Morocco
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Posted on May 18 2017
Artsi Ifrach is an Israeli and Moroccan designer based in Marrakech. His unique designs combine old vintage pieces with modern design, like the dust bags handmade by Medina women from recycled flour bags.
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Lara Petersen
Morocco
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Posted on May 13 2017
Dr. Raiss is an ophthalmic doctor, who travels across Morocco twice a year with a medical caravan to treat people with cataract. He also works with ABURY Foundation for Portraid project in Morocco.
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Lara Petersen
Morocco
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Posted on April 26 2017
Adam French is a Canadian designer and more precisely the designer of our Windows & Doorways Collection. He's the winner of the 2nd edition of the ABURY Design Experience and share with us its experience.
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Lara Petersen
Morocco
Interviews
Posted on March 23 2017
Monsieur Omar is a Moroccan artisan and the maker of the ABURY Berber Collection. He truly is a master at working with leather and silk yarn, creating pieces that are no less than art! Have a look!
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Andrea Bury
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Morocco
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Posted on January 05 2017
Nandan Bhoopalam is a vegan chef and originally from Bangalore, India. He currently resides in Lisbon, Portugal, where he works in a vegan restaurant, Princesa do Castelo.He also teaches workshops.
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India
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Lara Petersen
Interviews
Posted on December 07 2016
An activist is someone who finds purpose in action. Ralf Schmerberg is a multi-talented, intense observer. He's a photographer, film maker, artist and activist. He's the creator of many awarded art movies.
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Andrea Bury
India
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Posted on November 27 2016
Nusrat Mehboob Lilani, known as Pinky Lilani is a an Indian author, motivational speaker, food expert and an inspiration to all women. We are excited to share some of Pinky Lilani's inspiring words with you.
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Andrea Bury
India
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Posted on November 23 2016
Fiona Caulfield is a writer, consultant and founder with a great passion for travel and unique experience.She moved to Bangalore in 2004 and she started to write the most authentic guide books about India.
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India
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Lara Petersen
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Posted on November 13 2016
Manu Kumar has travelled through hidden tea rooms, vibrant night-markets, highland plantations and nomadic tents to discover "real" tea. Traditional recipes are passed from generation to generation.
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India
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Lara Petersen
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Posted on November 08 2016
Georg Andreas Suhr is an artist, designer, creative director, entrepreneur and above all a lover of all things India! He runs his own label with organic non-violence silk scarves (Ahimsa Silk)
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India
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Lara Petersen
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Posted on October 28 2016
Renée Lamb founded her beautiful brand Soulié in 2013 to prove that conscious consumerism could change the world by creating economic development while preserving cultures and craft traditions.
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India
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Lara Petersen
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Posted on October 26 2016
Ritu Arya is a textile design graduate from NIFT, Bangalore. She spends most of her time running her successful blog RazzleDazzlePickle - which is the unique combination of Ritu's 2 passions music and fashion.
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India
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Lara Petersen
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Posted on October 19 2016
Bandana Tewari is best known as the fashion editor of VOGUE India and it is easy to say that she is an expert when it comes to global luxury brands.We are grateful and happy to call her our ambassador for India
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Andrea Bury
India
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Posted on October 04 2016
Fiona Paxton has been in the fashion business for a long time. In our search of amazing brands that work with crafts we stumbled upon her amazing collection and we immediately fell in love with her work!
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India
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Lara Petersen
Interviews
Posted on September 02 2016
As founder of Organic Tagua Jewelry, Soraya Cedeno works with village artisans to design gorgeous items that provide economic opportunity to artisans in Ecuador. Meet her through this interview!
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Ecuador
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Lara Petersen
Interviews
Posted on June 12 2016
Emiliya Ivanova is a Romanian designer and the face behind the ABURY Romanian Leather Stools Collection. In our interview she talks about her experiences, her thoughts and her vision on crafts.
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Lara Petersen
Romania
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Posted on April 03 2015
Zimbabwean designer Pam Samasuwo-Nyawiri was the first winner of the ABURY Design Experience and is the face behind the ABURY Non Existent Tribe Collection. She explains her experience, have a look!
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Ecuador
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Lara Petersen
Interviews
Posted on October 11 2014
Mayta Lara Leal is the designer of the ABURY Free People Collection. She had the vision to fuse elegance and functionality for urban spirited people. She answer to our questions about her work with artisans.
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Lara Petersen
Morocco