On a wall in Shanghai, the city seems to have been drained of its usual noise. Clay, chalk and softened green spread across an almost dreamlike landscape, somewhere between a memory and a place that might once have existed.

And then there is her.

A tiny woman walks through the enormous brown expanse. She doesn’t run, pose or look back. She simply walks. The buildings keep their distance, the trees seem almost weightless, and for a moment time itself appears to slow down.

The name Sànbù means to take a walk, to stroll without urgency. That is exactly what drew us to this image. In one of the world’s busiest cities, we came across a scene that asks for absolutely nothing. No slogan, no message shouting from the wall. Just someone putting one foot in front of the other.

When translated into textiles, that sense of space remains. The muted landscape spreads across the fabric while the solitary figure becomes a tiny detail to discover. A quiet walk through Shanghai, now continuing somewhere else.