Art Routes Design

You can find us in Central Market, specifically at Beeta 1, Shop No 18. We are on the ground floor in F Block, which is lucky because I don't have to climb any stairs with heavy rolls of drawings. The market is always alive. There’s the smell of street food and the sound of people bargaining nearby. Our shop isn't huge, but it fits what we need. I’ve got a long table where I spread out my work, and it’s usually covered in pencil shavings and coffee rings. The glass front of the shop lets in a lot of dust from the market, so I’m always wiping down the monitors. It’s a busy place to work. People poke their heads in while they’re doing their grocery shopping or looking for clothes. I like being in the middle of it all though. It feels connected to the town. The floor is just basic concrete and the chairs are the kind you can sit in for hours without thinking about it. Sometimes the power goes out and we just sit there talking until it comes back on. It’s not a fancy design studio with mood lighting or anything like that. It’s just Shop 18. We have a small kettle in the back for making tea and that’s about it for luxuries. It's a practical space for practical work. We stay here until the market closes most nights and the lights finally dim.