ECODUNIA
some people have a passion for design first, and then build a business around that. I, expresses my creativity from the other side: understanding what customers want and need and finding fairtrade raw materials from East Africa – and then creating the designs. I found a wonderful woman-owned cotton mill that weaves beautiful canvas who sources the cotton from a small cotton co-op where farmers are guaranteed prices before they plant.
I spends the first part of the year producing and designing in Kenya, while nurturing relationships in Kenya. I spends the rest of the year in the US, building the business here.