In praise of the flaw
Atelier October 2024 3 min

In praise of the flaw

A flaw is not an error. It is a signature — the trace of a hand that is not a machine.

A flaw is not an error. It is a signature.

The trace of a hand is never perfect. And it is this imperfection that distinguishes handmade from industrial.

A slightly offset stitch, a seam not straight to the millimeter — these deviations prove the hand.

We do not seek perfection. We seek rightness, which is something else.

Stéphane Loubière

Stéphane Loubière · Paris

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