{"id":5977,"date":"2026-03-22T09:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bensariworkshop.com\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:19:43","slug":"tom-bensari-in-design-alive-55-towards-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bensariworkshop.com\/en\/tom-bensari-in-design-alive-55-towards-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Bensari in Design Alive 55: Towards quality and contemporary craft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the anniversary, 55th issue of Design Alive<\/em>, focused on wellbeing, my column \u201cTowards Quality\u201d was published. The text inaugurates a new editorial section developed together with the magazine and dedicated to contemporary craft and its role in design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same issue, the editors also selected a group of Polish craftsmen, including myself. I see this as part of a broader conversation about how craft is understood and practiced today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craft as a method of work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the column, I address the growing inflation of the term \u201ccraft\u201d, which is increasingly used in marketing language and less often understood as a real working method. In my practice, craft is not an idea or an identity. It is a tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a way of working with material, structuring decisions and achieving quality through process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craft and wellbeing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The theme of wellbeing adds an important context to this discussion. Manual work is not an aesthetic choice but a real experience that supports focus, patience and a sense of agency. These qualities directly influence both the making process and the way objects are experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sense, craft is not about returning to the past. It is a way of working consciously in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bensari Workshop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bensari Workshop is a woodworking studio and school based in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland, where I design and build collectible furniture and teach traditional woodworking techniques as part of contemporary practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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