Organization

Key to ICF's approach is the belief that artisan is a stakeholder both in the ownership of the retail brand and an investor in its production process. ICF believes that artisinal investment in production is necessary to create a bottom-up organization, ensuring that artisans and farmers become owners of their enterprise and gradually take charge of intervening layers of external management, supervision and eventually even design. This builds sustainability and encourages future generations interested in their traditional occupations.