Interviews
Brian Richer
“I like that dialectic approach, two disparate things I bring together to make something different, something new, I like creating things that people can learn something from...”
Yazmin Dababneh
“Being able to stop somebody in their tracks even just for a moment, especially in this fast-paced world, is such a valuable connection for me as an artist and a human.”
Dessislava Terzieva
“I enjoy the transformation that something, or someone, has in a new environment, I am interested in the elements that remain the same - the core - and the difference of expression brought about by change.”
Dawson Moore - Michigan Sloyd
“It is these moments of being present with the material, feeling the sharp blade slice through the wood fibers, and watching a form take shape that drive the entire endeavor. This process is the thing, at least equal to if not more so than the final object.”
Forrest Hudes
“I realized that ultimately we are made by our environment just as we make our environment. And so as a designer I am responsible not just for the thing I make but for how that thing shapes the people who use it.”
Cody Norman
“I imagine a future where furniture and other household objects are manufactured within the community using digital fabrication tools and sustainable materials. Localized manufacturing avoids the single-use plastics of packaging and wasteful energy consumption of shipping items across the world.”
Nina Cho
In celebration of the recent acquisition of her ‘Curved Chair’ by the Cranbrook Art Museum, we sat down with Cho to discuss the evolution of her chair concept and what is next in her practice.
Paula Schubatis
“But failure does not have a negative connotation in my mind. It represents a breadth of understanding and comprehension. To know how something works, you must know how it doesn’t work.”
Alanis McNier
“Breaking down the traditional barriers between Art and design, between function and materiality seems to be the future for furniture, and I’m nothing but delighted about it.”
More interviews, new and from the archives coming soon.