Tal’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘Backward is the New Forward’, explores the idea that progress begins by looking back. Rooted in the southern landscape and nomadic ways of living, the collection draws from practices shaped by necessity, material availability, and tradition. Tal uses recycled natural yarns, with handweaving done in collaboration with a local organisation empowering Bedouin women. She also upcycles deadstock materials, including leftover cotton rolls from a local shop and Moroccan fabric found in an old carpet market. Her collection also features an adaptive patchwork crochet technique that can integrate yarns of varying colours and lengths, to avoid generating waste.