Crafting Human™ Podcast
Crafting Human celebrates the creative brilliance of humans and the value of the soulful human touch expressed in the process of making, building and creating. Each week we have conversations with global creatives, makers, artisans, craftsmen, designers and storytellers, and we discuss how their work creates meaningful connections, distinctly shapes cultures and transforms communities & ecosystems. Crafting Human is a quiet resistance to the values of the industrial mindset that erode and devalue humans in the creative process. Through each guest's stories and creative expressions, we restore attention to what cannot be automated: the human hand, the human process, and the human story, which reflect our identity and values, and shape our experiences. We are reclaiming agency, the value of our humanity and the priceless beauty of the "slow" work made with intention and soul.
Crafting Human™ Podcast
Crafting Human™ Ep. 3 | Thomas Lavin on Building a Business That Champions Makers
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On this episode of Crafting Human™, I sit down with Thomas Lavin, Founder and CEO of Thomas Lavin Showroom, for a conversation about craft, stewardship, and the responsibility of building a business around makers.
Over nearly three decades, Thomas has championed artisans and designers by prioritizing long-term relationships, education, and storytelling over speed or trend. Together, we explore what it means to represent handmade work in an age shaped by mass production and why craft continues to matter as a commitment to our shared humanity.
Crafting Human™ is a space for conversations that go beyond aesthetics to explore what it means to create, and to remain human, in a world increasingly shaped by automation and optimization.
In this episode:
– Championing makers through long-term stewardship
– Craft in the age of mass production and technology
– Why handmade work creates emotional connection
– The role of showrooms as places of education and culture
– What it means to build a business with care and responsibility
You can explore Thomas Lavin’s work here:
Website: https://www.thomaslavin.com
Instagram: @the.real.thomas.lavin
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