For artists and designers, working with Third World communities can open up new processes, materials and concepts. This talk reflects on various design projects around the world and is strongly recommended for students of art or design, as well as designers wanting to explore the benefits of Fairtrade.

Digital Handmade is a project that turns digital designs of rugs into a hand-woven reality in communities in Nepal. For more info visit www.digitalhandmade.com and visit the in-store exhibition throughout Fortnight.

Kipepeo Designs is a not-for-profit enterprise, selling hand-crafted cards made by impoverished women in Kibera, the second largest informal settlement (or slum dwelling) in Africa. For more info visit www.kipepeodesigns.co.uk

An expert insight into one of the most innovative Fairtrade products, cotton, is provided by Sreeranga Rajan from the Fairtrade Foundation. For more info visit www.fairtrade.org.uk/cotton

Entry to this event is free and operates on a first-come-first-served basis.