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I received this slide show purporting to document labor conditions in an Indian shoe manufacturer for a brand called Catwalk - although it’s hard for me to confirm any of this information. If you know about it, let me know, otherwise these are still pictures of people at work producing remarkably polished products in slave-like quarters.
. Leo is a artist, inventor and all around practical person in the Tangible Media Group at the Media Lab. He has a background in sculpture, architecture and industrial design as well as an MS from the Media Lab spent working on the kitchen of the future. He is on a search for truth.