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Documentary · Manufacturing floor · Commission

Aina is a tech-based company I work with as an industrial designer, and I document how things are made there for its social media, publications and website. Behind the Build is about the quiet care that goes into making things.

Title card reading Behind the Build, EP02: a series about the machinery, processes, and the quiet beauty behind manufacturing, over a pile of metal parts — Behind the Build, EP02

A row of grinding stations and stools under bright lamps on the factory floor, in black and white — Workbench

Rows of machined metal parts catching the light on a workbench, in black and white — Machined parts

A wall of round metal holes with two small hooks, in black and white — Grid

Gloved hands sanding a small metal plate as dust flies from the grinder, in black and white — Sanding

Hands in work gloves polishing a small metal component, dust in the air, in black and white — Polishing

Hands holding a machined aluminium housing against a rough white wall, in black and white — Housing

Gloved hands holding a finished metal part against a dark background, in black and white — Finishing