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Research, Protyping and Collaborations
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] WEEK 2: In the beginning of the week we visited Hawtan Leathers, a tannery located in Mariani. We met with the owner Daniel who showed us how they treat, stretch...
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Designing, Collaborating, and Exploring
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] WEEK 3: Earlier in the week we jumped right into making improved prototypes for the fall/winter collection. We invited artisans to DOT who were working in horn,...
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CONNECTING THE DOTS WITH PARSONS IN HAITI
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] DOT PROGRAM June, 2015 I was so proud to visit the DOT and meet the team, the artisans, and the talented Parsons Design Fellowship participants. It was a week of...
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Wood Bending Workshop
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] WEEK 4: This week Amanda led her workshop in wood bending. Attendance was high and proved to be an invaluable class for Haitian artisans. Amanda trained students to...
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Experience of a lifetime
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] FINAL WEEK: Our final week in Haiti! Mochi taught a workshop on using the laser cutter. Students brought objects from home and they made tests on a variety of...
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Presenting: D.O.T Haiti
Urban Zen Foundation and our partners are currently fundraising to provide the Parsons graduate designers the opportunity to train and teach at the D.O.T fall 2015.
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Handwoven Handbags Born of a Passion to Help
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] Paula Coles’s Journey: An Artisan Entrepreneur Tells her Story When I met Donna, I was just starting, having no idea where my business was headed. I opened in...
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Haiti in the Hamptons
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] Naturally Haiti Comes to Sag Harbor by Donna Karan To me, artisan women of Haiti are truly a connection of the dots, especially the ones who came to the Hamptons in...
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D.O.T at the Soulful Economy Marketplace
[See image gallery at urbanzen.org] Thank you to our partners by Donna Karan What an honor to partner with my alma mater Parsons School of Design to launch the third annual Soulful Economy...
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VIDEO: D.O.T Haiti Campaign
Join us in developing a center for Haiti’s artisan community This is a story about the launch of D.O.T, a vocational training center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, created to nurture the incredible talent...
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