Formerly-Incarcerated Men Craft Tables Designed by Women in Prison, to Benefit Them When They Get Out

Formerly-Incarcerated Men Craft Tables Designed by Women in Prison, to Benefit Them When They Get Out

Formerly-Incarcerated Men Craft Tables Designed by Women in Prison, to Benefit Them When They Get Out A craftsman at the Formr Workshop in San Francisco – Credit Formr A natural collaboration has formed between a charity that leads design projects with incarcerated women, and a furniture retailer that hires formerly-incarcerated men. The result? A beautiful end table made in a Japanese style using traditional Japanese woodworking techniques—the proceeds from which go to fund yet another charity that works with the formerly-incarcerated. – credit, Kristen Murakoshi “It’s a beautiful cycle of renewal—from discarded materials finding new purpose, to artisans rebuilding their lives, to women supported through the proceeds,” said Deanna Van Buren, founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, an architecture, real estate, and design firm that also advocates an end to the current prison system whilst actively envisioning its replacement. Van Buren has used her background as an architect to lea…