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Thefolio
Notes from the stockroom: counting, pressing, folding, pricing and shipping, written down between orders. Placeholders until the studio writes its own — swap them in /data/posts.ts.
- Published
- 25 Oct 2026
- Reading
- 01 min
- Filed under
- Studio practice
- Status
- Placeholder
More notes
- 0206 Oct 2026 · 04 min
Counting a two-hundred guest order
A two-hundred guest pack is two hundred plates, two hundred side plates, two hundred spoons, two hundred cups and four hundred napkins. The counting is the job.
Studio practice - 0322 Sept 2026 · 03 min
Why bagasse plates hold hot food
Pressed from sugarcane bagasse rather than coated paper, with a rolled rim. Both details are why a plate of jollof does not fold in the hand.
Materials - 0408 Sept 2026 · 05 min
How a crane is folded
One 15 cm square, twelve named folds, no glue, no wire, no staples. The sequence a pair of hands makes in the studio, in order.
The fold - 0518 Aug 2026 · 03 min
How the bulk tiers work
Five per cent off from fifty units, ten from a hundred, fifteen from two hundred and fifty, a quoted rate from five hundred. Applied to the order total, not to each line.
Pricing - 0604 Aug 2026 · 03 min
Flat shipping across Nigeria
Everything leaves the studio flat. A fortnight of tableware for a hundred people rides in a carton the size of a shoebox — which is the whole point.
Shipping