These days, he and his team of four design and make bespoke handcrafted shoes from his workshop in the elegant Strand Arcade, one of Sydney's historic shopping arcades in the Central Business District.

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In the workshop, discussions of design extended to re-thinking city infrastructure.

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As for Dyson, he still spends most of his days holed up in his workshop tinkering away on his next design.

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The twelve sessions of the workshop were intended to help equip participants with basic knowledge and skills to design and facilitate a community-based inventorying process tailored to the current circumstances of Timor-Leste.

UNESCO: Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention