Every material has a story. A place it comes from. A process that transforms it. A person who knows how to work with it.

Un.thread Lab is an independent publication project developed by MOT Studios, exploring the materials, processes, crafts, and people behind the things we make and use.

Through visual stories, essays, and conversations, we follow materials from source to transformation, and from process to the people and places behind them.

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The stories behind materials, craft, and making belong to more than one voice.

If you are researching a material, preserving a craft, developing a new process, working with a particular landscape or tradition, or carrying a question you believe is worth exploring, we want to hear from you.

Researchers, makers, craftspeople, designers, material innovators, communities, brands, and curious readers are invited to share their work, suggest a story, introduce us to a person or practice, or collaborate on an editorial feature.

Tell us what you are working on, what you are learning, or what you think we should be looking at.