OUR MISSION
OUR APPROACH
We connect designers to participate in research workshop exploring various sites working with cultural and educational institutions to gain a deeper understanding of design culture and history.
LEARNING FROM THE PAST
Through immersive explorations of historical, cultural and creative movements and places to gain deeper perspectives.
ENGAGING WITH THE PRESENT
We create objects, exhibitions and events to facilitate engagement
between designers, institutions, industry and the public.
DESIGNING FOR THE FUTURE
We apply optimism and a holistic approach to design that
transcends time and obsolescence, provoke the status quo in the
collective pursuit of a more perfect way of life.
OUR METHOD
We organize research workshop working with cultural and educational institutions to gain a deeper understanding of everything. The immersive experience brings about in-depth conversations and dialogue between designers, curators and instructors.
HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE, 2015
The inaugural Furnishing Utopia workshop, which kickstarted the project and collective as a whole, took place at the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts.
MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER VILLAGE, 2016-2018
Returning several times to the Shaker Village with the expanding group of designers, the archival research has expanded to neighboring communities such as Mount Lebanon.
AMERICAN MODERNISM - MIDWEST TOUR, 2019
Expanding our investigative scope, our latest workshop was held in the midwestern region of the United States, with a specific focus on the birth of American Modernism.
OUR COLLECTIVE
We are a collective of forward-thinking, introspective designers who is driven by their aspirations to design for the better by observing, understanding, and connecting with our external and internal worlds.
