A natural collaboration has formed between a charity that leads design projects with incarcerated women, and a furniture retailer that hires formerly-incarcerated men.

The result? A beautiful end table made in a Japanese style using traditional Japanese woodworking techniques—the proceeds from which go to fund yet another charity that works with the formerly-incarcerated.

“It’s a beautiful cycle of renewal—from discarded materials finding new purpose, to artisans rebuilding their lives, to women supported through the proceeds,” said Deanna Van Buren, founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces , an architecture, real estate, and design firm that also advocates an end to the current prison system whilst actively envisioning its replacement.

Van Buren has used her background as an a

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