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I really like the Meet The Makers series by @levenephoto. I have been saying for 10+ years, the real key to revived High Streets is the return of small-scale manufacture that can be scaled up later. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/jun/20/meet-the-makers-benchmark
Like @KBJWhitstable studio, for example. In an old bakery, it's a place of proper, handmade craft but that work then gets translated into serious manufacturing.
I first met @Jay_n_Co when we had stands next to each other at an event in Bethnal Green.
Similar vision, using real traditional skills in furniture restoration, but ability to train people to scale up. Imagine a workshop in every town centre.
Similar vision, using real traditional skills in furniture restoration, but ability to train people to scale up. Imagine a workshop in every town centre.
The High Street started with workshops, making things: then a shop to sell the thing being made to the customer was added to the front of the plot. Over time, the back end got forgotten, moved elsewhere.
Let's bring it back small. Then scale it up.
All the big chains collapsing are in units nobody wants now. Too big for indie shops, and chain retail is dead. But great for small, craft-based factories.
All the big chains collapsing are in units nobody wants now. Too big for indie shops, and chain retail is dead. But great for small, craft-based factories.
