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Day #17 | Where is the Felt?

  • Noor Alsaqqa
  • Aug 3, 2017
  • 1 min read

Photo © Noor Alsaqqa

Today's task is different and new for me. I was assigned to find stores that sell Felt for one of the projects that Sven is working on. As the material is needed in large quantities, I had to find a place that sells Wholesale.

My initial research began on the internet but I gradually realised Wholesale stores in Dubai work business to business and do not therefore have business to consumer websites fully displaying their products.

As I became more familiar with my research for sourcing this material but still could not find any suppliers online, I realised the only way to progress was to make a site-visit to a location I imagined would have Wholesale fabric available and due to the diversity of vendors at Dragon Mart in Dubai, this was my starting point.

Although I did repeatedly have to show store owners what I meant (as the word 'felt' seems not to be widely understood) I was lucky to find great collections of Felt in numerous colours within this mall.

Photo © Noor Alsaqqa

To expand our scope and access to samples further Sven introduced another company, Kvadrat to me and we are planning to meet them and see their upholstery collection this week.

Stay tuned to see what's gonna happen in our meeting with Kvadrat!


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