Insights

Notes from the process.

Observations on design, making, and the spaces between — from the workshop floor and the design table. On materials, on judgment, on the decisions that shape how objects are made and what they become.

11 Jun 2026 Perspective After the machine age, after the craft revival Repeating Bauhaus rationality is re-enacting history. Retreating into craft is reversing it. The interesting work is in between. → 11 Jun 2026 Perspective China is not a discount Both stories about Chinese manufacturing — cheap, and cheap-but-risky — are written for buyers. Neither is useful to a designer. → 11 Jun 2026 Perspective Two languages, one object The factory isn't wrong. You aren't wrong. But a design rarely survives the trip between you intact. → 11 Jun 2026 Perspective What deserves to be made? The world doesn't need more objects. I make objects anyway. Holding both thoughts honestly is the job. → 10 Jun 2026 Small batch How small is too small? On making one of something in China. Yes, China can make exactly one. The better question is when that's worth doing — and when your local workshop is the right answer. →