Our studio space in New York presented the opportunity to prototype our own ideas on craft and originality. With all our projects, we blend extant with bespoke – we are excited to arrive where it makes sense to create something anew, or to sample a classic.

All drawings start by hand, and everything we build is colluded with the artisans and makers who bring the vision to life. Mies Van der Rohe’s Brno chair finds new life recovered in a woven natural raffia print by contemporary textile maestro Aissa Dione, of Senegal.  Inspired by a Ming-era console sourced in Paris – the meander motif, in some tongues the Greek key – we are endlessly inspired by its universal appeal.

Tectonics underline all the work we do, architectural or otherwise. Modular, systematic, and an expression of what connects us. Beauty, durability, and most of all – a particular sensibility to practicality – ground our approach. Meditations on materiality and the essence of the thing in hand are familiar patterns of thought to us. The geological and biotic essence of a site and location inform all that we do.

Proportion, geometry, and ornament are informed by the Djed as much as the Doric – we believe in a timeless and universal human and nature-based approach to beauty, form, and order. The language of design manifests from the formal to the vernacular – we are energized by and grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this conversation.

Photography by Grant Legan.