How tree materials enter making systems in Tunisia, including wood sourcing, preparation, and functional use. Tree Considered within limits. What Belongs Here Tree includes only what enters making: Olive wood Aleppo pine Eucalyptus Bark, resin, roots, and knots, where they constrain form Tree is considered here only where growth ends and material discipline begins. Geographic Reality Tree availability in Tunisia is shaped by climate, cultivation, and history. Olive is present across most regions, tied to agricultural life cycles rather than forestry. Aleppo pine dominates natural forests along the dorsal mountain chain and interior highlands. Eucalyptus exists only as managed plantations introduced in the mid-20th century. Tree material is uneven, localized, and dependent on species survival rather than continuous supply. Harvest Conditions Olive wood is harvested only at the end of a tree’s productive life. Healthy fruiting trees are not cut. Aleppo pine is logged through forestry operations, yielding medium logs with frequent knots. Eucalyptus is felled mechanically on rotation and sorted for low-grade or engineered use. How Tree Behaves Olive wood Extremely dense and hard Irregular, interlocked grain High movement during drying Warps or cracks if rushed Aleppo pine Moderate strength, low natural durability Frequent knots and resin pockets Fair dimensional stability Decays quickly if untreated Eucalyptus Fast-grown, light hardwood Prone to collapse and internal checking Requires steaming or kiln treatment Becomes usable only after intervention Secondary Materials Bark is fibrous and brittle, used only when broken down. Resin seals and repels water but remains brittle and impermanent. Knots and roots interrupt grain, concentrate stress, and limit structural use. Making Implications Large sections are rare. Grain direction governs form. Joints must allow movement. Drying time determines success. Quality Recognition Olive wood is judged by grain density and absence of checks. Pine is judged by knot frequency and dryness. Eucalyptus is judged by the absence of collapse lines. Resin and bark reveal failure immediately under heat or tension. Objects Tree Becomes Utensils and bowls Handles and small furniture parts Beams and frames Panels and engineered boards Sealants, fuel, and structural fillers Longevity & Limits Olive wood lasts decades when kept dry and maintained. Pine endures indoors, fails quickly outdoors if untreated. Eucalyptus lasts only when properly processed. Position Tree is not a stable material. It becomes stable only through restraint. In Tunisia, it persists because its limits are understood.

Island environments in Tunisia, where bounded geography shapes attention, presence, and daily rhythm. Island Logic A bounded environment that holds attention in the present. Orientation Snapshot Finite land surrounded by open horizon Life organized without a center Architecture reduced to shade, proportion, and balance Social differences softened by shared conditions An environment that steadily empties noise Operating Conditions Movement slows without instruction Display loses meaning quickly Faith exists without separation Reality Pins Djerba disperses life across land instead of concentrating it White surfaces quiet both heat and attention Traditional clothing remains climate logic Different beliefs share the same daily ground Kerkennah barely rises above the sea Material & Making Implications Lime, clay, palm, and wool are used because they regulate heat and age well White surfaces reflect light and reduce heat gain Palm, wool, and lime require little processing and local knowledge already exists Objects are built to be repaired, reused, or absorbed back into daily life Handoff Objects from island logic are designed to function in close proximity They prioritize balance, durability, and low maintenance They reduce visual and material load rather than add to it They belong to environments where excess cannot be sustained

Explore the producers represented within My Chakchouka and discover the products, harvests, landscapes, knowledge, and relationships connected to their work. Producers Directory About The Directory Represented Producers Representation Principles About The Directory The Producers Directory brings together producers who are represented within My Chakchouka. These producers participate in the institution through the cultivation, harvesting, preparation, and production of goods connected to the broader ecosystem. Their representation helps connect visitors to the people, places, knowledge, and production realities that contribute to what is ultimately encountered through products. The directory serves as a point of exploration for understanding the producers represented within the institution and the relationships connected to their work. Each represented producer can be explored through the products, harvests, landscapes, knowledge, practices, and contributors associated with their participation. The purpose of the directory is not simply to gather producer profiles in one place. It is to provide pathways through which visitors can better understand the people and production realities behind the products and knowledge represented within the institution. Represented Producers The producers represented within My Chakchouka participate through a wide range of landscapes, harvests, cultivation methods, production practices, and forms of knowledge. Each representation provides a pathway for understanding a producer's work through the relationships connected to it, including products, places, harvests, practices, contributors, and other relevant forms of context. Explore the represented producers below. Adel & Aida Northwest Highlands Honey production Representation Principles Representation within the Producers Directory is guided by the broader principles of the institution. Producers are not represented solely because they create a product or operate within a particular category. Producers are represented through the products, places, knowledge, and relationships connected to their work. Representation is therefore approached through context rather than listing. Each producer may be connected to different products, harvests, landscapes, forms of knowledge, practices, and contributors depending on the nature of their participation and the information available. Representation also develops over time. As documentation expands, relationships become clearer, and new information emerges, representations may evolve to provide a more complete understanding of a producer's participation within the institution. For this reason, the directory should be understood as an evolving framework rather than a finished archive. Its purpose is not to provide definitive profiles. Its purpose is to support a more connected understanding of the producers represented within the institution and the realities connected to their work.

How dependency is avoided within the fair system in Tunisia through structural limits and exit pathways. DEPENDENCY AVOIDANCE How reversibility is preserved. Dependence does not appear suddenly. It forms quietly. Dependency Avoidance defines how the system prevents any actor from becoming trapped once coordination scales. This constraint exists to preserve optionality – not leverage. The Distortion In most systems, success creates lock-in. Volume concentrates. Assets specialize. Knowledge becomes proprietary. Access is gated. What begins as coordination hardens into dependence. Exit remains theoretically possible – but practically unviable. How Distortion Appears Dependency distortion occurs when: revenue concentrates with a single buyer or platform production assets are tailored to one outlet branding or data is controlled downstream exclusivity limits alternative paths switching costs exceed operating margins Dependence is not enforced. It is engineered. Structural Consequence When dependency forms: bargaining power collapses asymmetrically prices compress upstream payment terms stretch risk migrates backward exit becomes self-destructive The system continues – but agency does not. Structural Position In the My Chakchouka system, dependence is structurally resisted. No actor is required to survive through a single counterparty. Reversibility is treated as a system property – not a personal negotiation. Constraint Logic The Dependency Avoidance constraint enforces four rules: No exclusive dependence No participant’s survival relies on a single buyer or channel. Asset portability by default Tools, skills, and processes must remain transferable. No captive data or identity Market access is not held hostage. Exit must remain viable Switching costs are capped below operating margins. What This Prevents Without this constraint, systems tend to: confuse coordination with ownership convert scale into leverage punish diversification normalize coercive loyalty collapse when one node fails Dependence feels stable – until it breaks. What This Enables When dependency is avoided: negotiation remains real risk distributes naturally capacity stays flexible growth does not require submission exits remain clean The system can reconfigure without damage. Position This is not decentralization for its own sake. This is anti-capture design. A system that requires dependency to function has already failed. EXIT INTEGRITY How relationships end. Next Constraint

An overview of Greater Tunis, focusing on its administrative role, layered urban fabric, and continuous movement. Greater Tunis Administrative center, layered urban fabric, continuous circulation. Orientation Snapshot National administrative and institutional center Primary coordination node for governance, services, and regulation Dense metropolitan area with expanding urban reach Historic, residential, institutional, and coastal zones coexist Main entry point for diplomatic, financial, and civic exchange Operating Conditions Daily tempo follows institutional, commercial, and residential cycles Movement is organized around circulation corridors and access points Administrative districts, residential neighborhoods, and historic areas operate side by side Cultural institutions function as part of everyday urban life The sea forms a continuous edge rather than a separate destination Metropolitan growth produces multiple, overlapping urban rhythms Reality Pins The metropolitan area concentrates a significant share of Tunisia’s population The Medina remains a lived urban fabric, not a preserved enclave Archaeological sites coexist with modern infrastructure and housing Museums and civic institutions are embedded within the city’s daily flow Misreading Corrections History is not separated from contemporary life The coastline is not reserved for leisure alone Administrative presence does not erase neighborhood life Greater Tunis does not function as a single, uniform city Material & Making Implications Construction and restoration coexist across historic and modern zones Craft activity aligns with repair, adaptation, and continuity Objects circulate between domestic, institutional, and civic use Finishing and refinement respond to diverse urban contexts Making here favors integration over display Handoff Objects and materials move through layered urban systems. Making reflects coexistence, continuity, and daily use.

Learn why My Chakchouka was created and how it seeks to connect people, knowledge, products, places, and practices within a shared Tunisian ecosystem. Why It Exists The Observation The Gap The Response Where This Is Heading The Observation Many of the things that shape a place are encountered separately. A product may be experienced without understanding the people behind it. Knowledge may exist without the contributors who carry it. A region may be described without the practices that give it character. Everyday realities may become reduced to isolated facts, products, destinations, or stories. The individual pieces remain visible. The relationships between them often do not. Over time, understanding becomes harder to build because the connections that give things meaning are no longer easy to see. The Gap This gap is not simply a lack of information. Information is abundant. What is often missing is context. When people, knowledge, products, places, and practices become disconnected from one another, they become more difficult to understand. Products become objects without stories. Knowledge becomes information without lived experience. Places become locations without relationships. People become names without context. What is lost is not visibility. What is lost is understanding. The more these realities become separated, the more difficult it becomes to see how they shape one another. The Response My Chakchouka was created as a response to this separation. The institution exists to make relationships visible. Rather than treating products, contributors, knowledge, and places as separate subjects, it seeks to connect them within a shared ecosystem. A producer can lead to knowledge. Knowledge can lead to a region. A region can lead to a practice. A practice can lead to a product. And a product can lead back to the people behind it. The goal is not to provide a single perspective on Tunisia. It is to create a framework through which different realities can be explored, understood, and connected. In this sense, My Chakchouka functions less as a destination and more as a network of relationships. Where This Is Heading The long-term direction of My Chakchouka is not defined by the number of products it contains or the number of pages it publishes. It is defined by the quality and depth of the relationships it helps make visible. As the institution grows, new contributors, knowledge resources, products, regions, materials, objects, and practices can become part of the ecosystem. The ambition is not to represent everything. It is to create a structure capable of connecting things that are too often encountered in isolation. Those connections do not emerge automatically. They require choices about stewardship, representation, transparency, and responsibility. For this reason, the institution's principles are not treated as assumptions. They are documented through its governance layer, where the systems and practices that shape My Chakchouka are made visible alongside the work itself. Visitors who wish to understand how these ideas become practice can continue to the Governance section. Explore Governance

An overview of Tunisia’s regions, explaining geography, climate patterns, and how regional differences shape daily life. Regions Regions shape rhythm and expectation. Each operates under different conditions. Greater Tunis Northern Maritime Central Interior Southern Coast Island Logic Northeast Coast Northwest Highlands Eastern Interior Southern Oases

Browse handmade Tunisian objects by category — from tableware and pantry goods to basketry, textiles, home objects, and jewelry shaped by daily use. Shop by category Different objects solve different parts of daily life — from meals and storage to gathering, carrying, and living spaces. Table Bowls, plates, serving pieces, and objects connected to meals, preparation, and gathering. Explore Table Basketry Handwoven objects used for carrying, storage, serving, and daily movement. Explore Basketry Pantry Ingredients, condiments, oils, and pantry objects connected to everyday cooking and food culture. Explore Pantry Textiles Textile objects connected to warmth, layering, comfort, and interior rhythm. Explore Textiles Home Objects used across shelves, corners, storage, slower spaces, and everyday environments. Explore Home Jewelry Adornment objects shaped by material, gesture, and everyday wear. Explore Jewelry How these objects make sense Some of them are obvious. Others take a moment. If you’re curious, you can follow the logic behind them — how they’re used, where they come from, and why they exist the way they do. Explore object logic

How markets in Tunisia function as points of exchange, access, and daily circulation between land and households. Markets How food enters Tunisian households through everyday coordination. Rhythms Are Repeated Shopping follows a pattern. The same paths are taken. The same stalls are visited. The same days and times return. These rhythms reduce uncertainty. Food is obtained without planning each time anew. Familiarity Narrows Choice Most decisions are already made. Households return to vendors they know. Quality is assumed rather than compared. Choice is narrowed through habit, not evaluation. The market becomes smaller over time. Trust Replaces Explanation Transactions do not require justification. Vendor reputation substitutes for labels. Recognition replaces inspection. Words are few. Understanding is shared. Food changes hands without ceremony. Negotiation Is Minimal Exchange is not confrontational. Prices are accepted. Adjustments, when they happen, are quiet. Silence is part of the process. So is continuity. The goal is not advantage. It is stability. Absence Does Not Escalate When something is unavailable, the search ends. Another item is chosen. Or the meal changes. Markets signal availability, not promise fulfillment. Adaptation is expected. What This Makes Possible Because markets coordinate rather than stimulate, provisioning remains light. Food enters the home without pressure. Meals are shaped by what appears. The system absorbs variation without disruption.

Ceramic tableware, olive wood utensils, and everyday kitchen objects used across Tunisia. Built for daily use, shared meals, and repeated handling. Kitchen & Table Bowls, plates, and tools for daily use This category brings together ceramic tableware, olive wood utensils, and everyday kitchen objects used across Tunisian homes. They are used individually and together, as bowls, plates, and serving pieces that support how meals are prepared and shared. Each piece follows a material, a place, and a way of making that shapes how it is handled and used over time. How to start Start with a bowl and a plate. They cover most daily use. Add a serving piece for shared meals. Bring in olive wood tools for preparation and serving. Zephyr Bowl Price €39.00 ADD TO CART Storka Bowl Price €34.00 ADD TO CART Zerka Plate Price €42.00 ADD TO CART Hout Plate Price €49.00 ADD TO CART Understand the objects They follow materials, regions, and ways of making that shape how they are used. Objects Materials Regions Artisans Delivery & support Delivery, returns, and support follow a clear structure aligned with how these objects are made and handled. You can find details through Support , delivery, and Returns .