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Content Published April 12, 2025

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Album Published April 12, 2025

OT-17-wood stool

37 x 35 x 44 cm

Vintage elm wood stool

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Content Published April 12, 2025

Album Published April 12, 2025

OT-02-tent support

20 x 211 x 8 cm

Berber tent wood ridge beam with decorative carvings

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Album Published April 12, 2025

OT-01-tent support

20 x 198 x 4 cm

Berber tent wood ridge beam with decorative carvings

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Album Published April 12, 2025

H-102_chair

45 x 52 x 70 cm

Vintage fibreglass shell chair with metal legs

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Album Published April 12, 2025

H-101_chair

45 x 52 x 70 cm

Vintage fibreglass shell chair with metal legs

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Album Published April 12, 2025

H-100_chair

45 x 52 x 70 cm

Vintage fibreglass shell chair with metal legs

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Content Published April 12, 2025

Content Published April 12, 2025

Content Published April 12, 2025

Content Published April 12, 2025

Album Published April 12, 2025

There is a hidden treasure in Souad's home city of Fes. We're not talking about the pomegranate red dyed babouches or an array of Fassi pottery, but a children’s library buried deep in the medina just off the Talaa Sghera. It was started in 2015 by three women who live locally and wanted the children in the community to have a place to discover books and develop a love of reading. As a child Souad was lucky enough to spend her summer holidays with an aunt who was a headmistress. This was the only way she could access a range of books and ultimately extend her education to include university and with it the freedom to choose her way of life. For most children, especially girls, access to books is still fragmented. This rare, free library focuses on children’s books ages 3-14 in Arabic, French and a few in English. Souad visits the library when she stays with her mother and brings books, memory and card games. Other donations have included tooth brushes to teach oral hygiene and tables and stools so the children no longer have to read, draw or write on the floor. Most recently the children have been introduced to the creativity of Lego donated by London based charity The Toy Project. As one Lego ad states ‘Kids build Lego. Lego builds kids’!

Album Published April 12, 2025

Earthquake

After the November 2023 6.8 magnitude earthquake devastated towns and villages in the Atlas Mountains killing over 3000 people, Souad felt that direct action and using her own initiative would create the most immediate, meaningful results, particularly for the weaver families affected. She approached businesses, designers and clients of Larusi to make contributions and, through their generosity, was able to personally organise the distribution of money, essential clothing, footwear and utensils to the small communities and hamlets she knew. The photos show the devastation wrecked on a family home of three generations of weavers, well known to Souad. Astonishingly the room with the loom was the only one not badly damaged. The family are living in their courtyard by day and still sleeping at night in tents provided by the government. Clothes donations by the owners of a high street clothing brand, clients of Larusi, soft toys from London based charity The Toy Project and money raised as a result of Larusi’s interior design clients giving their usual trade discount to the cause all helped to make a significant and immediate difference at a crucial time.

Richard Penna

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Medina Children's Library

Earthquake