Individual time experience is more linked to the idea of awareness rather than a precise reflection of physical time. Yet the clock, the tool we use to measure time is suggesting a certain predictability. To follow obligation and escape chaos. Or how we usually like to call it: planning/ routine/ structure.
We invest time wisely, spent time with friends or waste time on waiting because time is money. But where does time go when time is running?
In our language engrained semiotics imply that the conceptualisation of time is heavily influencing our perception of reality beyond the clock. While making days from hours the future comes in seconds. Taking time becomes a privilege.
In monochronic societies—Northern Europe, North America—time is scheduled and segmented. You do one thing, then another. Being late is stealing time. But in polychronic cultures, time layers, conversations overlap, meals stretch, relationships interrupt agendas without apology. Neither is right or wrong. They’re different ways about what deserves attention now.
Yet there is only one contemporary tool to measure time instead of one tool among many.
24 poster stands A1/A2 for indoors and outdoors.
Designed to be lightweight, easy-to-assemble structures that can be efficiently stored when not in use. Constructed from aluminium extrusion profiles with hardware connectors and tensioned steel wire.
The Bobbin Chair draws inspiration from the earliest appearances of lathe turned furniture in the 17th century, a time marked by the rise of a middle class seeking objects that were both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Rather than striving for perfectionist craftsmanship on the outside, the chair embraces irregularities and the intuitive gestures of the human hand. Leaving a visible, personal mark on an everyday object.
Bent steel and folded paper define this lamps sharp geometrical appearance. The interchangeable A4 and A3 paper elements allow customisability contrasting soft and rigid materials. While the triangular cutout in the back of the base creates room for the hands to wrap the paper in its grooves it also projects a controlled cone of light on the diffuser and into the surrounding space.
Balancing presence and absence of reflection into a constructed subtle gradient of light.