Artisans across the globe create unique, beautiful and mindful products that conscious consumers desire. Yet - the two are not connected.
We Are Legacy is a collaborative platform that uses smart digital tags to connect the stories of handcrafted products to their origin and creators. Tracing and verifying sustainability, authenticity and ethical work practices in the handmade sector.
Through these tags—and the power of our artisan community—we reconnect people and planet to products.
For conscious consumers
How It Works
1Scan the Digital Tag
Find the Tag or QR code on your product, and scan it with your telephone.
2Discover the Story
Learn about the artisans, materials, and heritage craft behind your product
3Connect with Makers
Support the studios and artisans who created your product
Featured Artisan Studios
Discover the talented artisans and studios creating beautiful, sustainable heritage crafts
Studio Naenna
A community of women weavers, embroiderers, and designers from various ethnic groups in Thailand. Studio Naenna encourages pride in traditional techniques and empowers women within their villages whilst honoring the heritage of a 2000 year tradition and working with the rhythm of nature to produce hand-crafted textiles of the highest quality.
📍 Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Frances V.H Mohair
Frances V.H Mohair is a women-led textile studio based in the Karoo, South Africa. Frances van Hasselt is a designer and entrepreneur. Raised on a mohair farm in the Karoo she has a deep affinity with this natural fibre. She collaborates with a team of women artisans and together they weave stories about the origins of their textiles, simultaneously allowing for the natural environment to inform every aspect of their design and making process.
📍 Karoo, South Africa
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Morii Design
A design studio based in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India and rooted in a deep respect for Indian craftsmanship and a love for contemporary design that bridges tradition and modernity. Morii aims to restore dignity and fair recognition to artisans by blending timeless techniques with contemporary aesthetics—preserving heritage while creating designs that resonate today.
📍 Gujarat, India
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Handmade products have a beautiful, ethical, sustainable value chain which is unrivalled in the textile industry. Fast fashion cannot tell this story. We Are Legacy provides a platform that allows artisans to:
Are you an artisan studio in the global south working with handcrafted textiles? Do you lift women, and have a sustainable, ethical business model? Apply to join We Are Legacy, and share your story with the world.
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Meet our team
Lesley Pennington
CoFounder, CEO
Swedish-Canadian entrepreneur and tech innovator building businesses that unite beauty, purpose, and social impact. Guided by the belief that innovation should heal rather than harm, Lesley's work bridges the digital and the deeply human—inviting a new paradigm where technology amplifies connection, creativity, and care for people and planet.
Ma Steinsvik
CoFounder
Senior business leader, executive board director, entrepreneur and investor with deep knowledge in Intellectual property and transformative tech. She heads the international media group Bulls, serves on the board of international companies and takes an active and founding role upon investing.
Robert Meeder
Founding Partner
Over 20 years of experience advancing transparency and development. Leading blockchain initiatives worldwide, he collaborates with major fashion and design brands, governments and communities on sustainable development. His work focuses on inclusive economic growth, creative economy and innovation.
Our Vision
WE ARE LEGACY envisions a world where women-led artisan communities thrive in equitable and regenerative economies, seamlessly connected to conscious customers through a transparent ecosystem that respects heritage and inspires sustainable living.
“When women participate in the economy, everyone benefits. In developing nations, empowering women to enter the workforce can uplift entire communities, accelerate growth, and reduce poverty. We cannot achieve a prosperous, inclusive world without fully integrating women's voices, talents, and leadership into the heart of global progress.”