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“That’s why projects like Design With Conscience are so important,” Javanbahkt continues. “In the market where I bought the saint they had maybe 30 little stands, and everything was handmade by Guatemalans. Now you go and there are 500 stands, and 490 of them have things made in China. The craftsmanship is dying little by little.” Above, the most recent Design With Conscience project, a series of totes silkscreened by the rehabilitated gang members of Homeboy Industries. “One of them was 18 when he went to jail, and he’s 34 now,” Javanbahkt says. “In jail, he taught himself how to draw, and his drawings are better than most of my classmates from when I graduated Art Center!”