Our practice explores themes including:
interconnected elements,
holistic thinking,
the possibility of seamlessness,
analysis & synthesis,
paring back through timelessness,
tactile reminders,
unobstructive interaction,
playful mindfulness,
rich inquiry,
simple expression of a complex idea,
warm resonance,
and a larger whole.
interconnected elements,
holistic thinking,
the possibility of seamlessness,
analysis & synthesis,
paring back through timelessness,
tactile reminders,
unobstructive interaction,
playful mindfulness,
rich inquiry,
simple expression of a complex idea,
warm resonance,
and a larger whole.
“... no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world, only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger patterns in which it is embedded, the patterns of the same size that surround it, and the smaller patterns which are embedded in it. This is a fundamental view of the world. It says that when you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing in isolation, but must also repair the world around it, and within it, so that the larger world at that one place becomes more coherent, and more whole; and the thing which you make takes its place in the web of nature, as you make it.” (Page xiii)
“How can it be that so many designs fail to have any real beneficial effect on the atmosphere, and yet these glasses, made without much design thought or any attempt to achieve anything other than a good ordinary wine glass, happen to be successful? It's been puzzling me for years and influencing my attitude to what constitutes a good design. I've started to measure my own designs against objects like these glasses, and not to care if the designs become less noticeable. In fact a certain lack of noticeability has become a requirement.” (Jasper Morrison)
“Connecting Systems looks at how systems can be connected with other systems. This means that existing systems could be redefined, added to, expanded, plugged into other systems, and so on.”
“It is pleasurable to press a door handle shining from the thousands of hands that have entered the door before us; the clean shimmer of ageless wear has turned into an image of welcome and hospitality.The door handle is the handshake of the building.” (Page 56)
“Our skin traces temperature spaces with unerring precision; the cool and invigorating shadow under a tree, or the caressing sphere of warmth in a spot of sun, turn into experiences of space and place.” (Page 58)
“Our skin traces temperature spaces with unerring precision; the cool and invigorating shadow under a tree, or the caressing sphere of warmth in a spot of sun, turn into experiences of space and place.” (Page 58)
“Science of the Secondaryis an inquisitive approach towards uncovering implicit conditions that exist in our experience of the everyday. When speaking of the secondary, we are referring to conditions and sensations that human beings are not conscious of in their day-to-day interaction with things and the immediate surroundings. Accumulating this rich and boundless field of knowledge, the research hopes to draw upon a renewed sensibility towards living with much excitement and freshness.”
“The lamp in the window is the house’s eye and, in the kingdom of the imagination, it is never lighted out-of-doors, but enclosed light, which can only filter to the outside.” (Page 34)
