Arzu Studio Hope
Feb 17, 2011
nicole haddad
ARZU, which means "hope" in Dari, is a social business model that helps Afghan women weavers empower themselves through their creations. The selling of their hand-knotted, hand-woven rugs yields these Afghan women a steady income and access to education they would not otherwise have. The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), selected ARZU Studio Hope as the inaugural recipient of the 2011 Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award for "significantly contributing to improving the environment through design-related activities or projects, oriented toward affecting the global human environment and benefiting the community at large." See below for a glimpse at some of these exquisite designs.
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