Build Design

Thorp Building, Minneapolis

Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 2015

My parents in front of our hardware store in the fall of 1978.  In 1985, they expanded the hardware empire to include a 2nd store on the other side of the lake.  That’s my Grandpa there posing in front of his new sign.  This building is Hello Pizza now…

Took this as a lad with my Minolta Hi-matic 7s  (Which I still have! )

The Hotel Salut, Kiev

Barncrest Ltd, prototype development work placement. Bungee chairs made from worktop offcuts, CNC milled chair. 2009

A chair with hidden bounce. 2011This is my new design of the original “bungee furniture”. The chair has hidden bounce using bungee cord threaded internally through blocks of Oak. The design behaves in curious, unexpected ways.  Luxuriously comfortable as well as durable these limited edition chairs are hand crafted by myself at my workshop in Devon.  Flexible splayed legs allow the chair to sit flat on uneven surfaces such as old farmhouse floors.  Stools and barstools also available.

charles deaton - architect’s house, genesee mountain, golden, colorado, 1963-66

Of Houses guest curated by Adam Štěch: “As a link between the prewar and postwar international functionalist style, I chose an intimate Swedish architectural masterpiece by Ralph Erskine. His Red House from 1941-1942, positioned in the wilderness near Stockholm, is one of the first implementations of his long successful career. It is a simple wooden box lined with red slats resembling traditional Swedish rural architecture. The entrance facade opens to the landscape of the rough northern forest. Inside, the architect combined minimalist functionalism with the simplicity and asceticism of the rustic style. The brick fireplace dominates the room furnished with simple wicker furniture. Erskine built this red forest chalet for him and his family. Later, during the 1960s, he built his own house and studio nearby.” (Photos 1-6 © Adam Štěch, Holger Ellgaard, Arvid Rudling, Åke E:son Lindman, The Swedish Center for Architecture and Design)