FIELD NOTES / ISSUE 08
Faces & stories from the people making tomorrow.
Conversations about craft, conviction and the useful trouble of changing things.

Maya Okafor
Community architect / London
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Maya builds places where strangers become neighbours. Her work starts with a long table, a pot of tea and the questions that rarely fit inside a planning form.

Theo Mercer
Type designer / Bristol
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Theo draws letterforms for public spaces, from hospital corridors to hand-painted shop fronts. He believes clarity can still carry wit, warmth and a trace of the hand.

Anika Rao
Material researcher / Glasgow
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Anika turns overlooked fibres into durable surfaces. Her samples begin with waste from local workshops and end as objects designed to age in public.

Daniel Cho
Documentary maker / Leeds
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Daniel records the knowledge held in hands: how to sharpen, mend, fold and finish. His films keep the pace of the work instead of hurrying it along.
PORTRAITS BY NORTH WINDOW STUDIO / WORDS BY COMMON GROUND