For a hundred millennia or so, humans have been
creating spaces and objects to tell stories, to shape
and share experiences, and to remember and honor what makes us unique.
Design in our time is nothing more and nothing less than doing the same. There are no better mousetraps, only a reinforced commitment to cherish what we’ve achieved, and the need to live up to it—every day and for every client.
Global travelers and lovers of art and culture wanted a space that was as much about those things as it was them. Deeply influenced by time spent in Japan, the owners wanted a place that radiated serenity, contemplation, and a distinctive love of life.
We marry a profound appreciation for the breadth and depth of the human experience to a relentless exploration of the ideas, cultures, and artefacts that sit at the heart of the contemporary world.
Can a space bound dreams, set them free, share them with the world? Can it embody memory, reveal truths, embrace possibilities? Can it be beautiful and useful and wistful? Our clients seek such spaces, and we deliver them. With care, erudition, inspiration, and joy.
In a world of trend-laden commoditized stuff, creating products that are useful, beautiful, and rich embodiments of human culture, aspiration, and experience is a necessary endeavor. One we embrace with passion and share with our manufacturing partners.
Where spaces, experiences, and ideas intersect is where we find our fanatical focus on the human experience, its creative tendencies, and its relentless search for meaning expressed beautifully. Organizations, companies, artists, creative teams, and marketers agree.
Not a running-away from what we are and are becoming, but a place and a way to regain the ability to participate intentionally, think deeply, and develop and reinforce a sustainable approach to living fully.
That we are who we are now because of a great and varied legacy that far from being a thing of the dead past, offers lessons on how to live well in a world dedicated to a timeless present. That by honoring our individual and shared legacies and finding a place for them in the present, we live a fuller, more nuanced, and more resonate life.
That what we learn, and what we discover, feeds not only our self-knowledge but our understanding of the world and a place in it that is unique and transformative. That despite the common human desires found in all cultures and times, it is in their unique expressions that we realize a greater sense of worth and enduring value.
