Our 12 Core Design Objectives

1
Understand each of our clients' hopes, dreams and needs for their home and work with our partners (Architects, Designers, Builders) to respond to them intelligently, creatively and wisely, creating a transformative experience around what it feels like to live in a home.
2
Create unity and harmony between architecture and the objects within a space and be the consummate supporting actor to the architecture we work within.
3
Add substantially to the value of homes by increasing the level of integration, balance, utility, strength and beauty in every room.
4
Bring a holistic, system-thinking approach to both large and small opportunities.
5
Create delight through beauty and a feeling of natural refinement both on the surface and inside our products.
6
Master the use of scale, proportion, transparency and positive/negative space to create refined environments that are expertly tailored to each home and those who live there.
7
Continually evolve a system of products that allows flexibility and interchangeability of use and that is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside.
8
Make it easier and more pleasurable to achieve the everyday tasks of cooking, cleaning, dressing and keeping things in order.
9
Open up space by making storage more efficient to create room to move more freely and naturally.
10
Achieve all of this as naturally as possible, without gimmickry, with no more hardware than is necessary, and using materials and processes simply and sustainably.
11
Always consider our work in terms of the way it functions as part of a whole home and specific lifestyle. Recognize when adjustments to architecture can improve the outcome.
12
Create an environment that stands the test of time both in terms of design and craft quality.