01 / 05 Meaning
Why the object should exist. It starts with an everyday use that deserves a better thing.
Objects made inside a fixed set of rules.
Every object starts with a few rules, written before the first sketch. A material, a number of parts, a way of making. The form is what is left when the rules are followed.
Designed by an architect in Stockholm. Made in small batches.
Objects 04
All objects[ ] in-Rules-Given
Five rules decide every object. They are printed on the box it comes in.
02 / 05 Concept
The rules themselves. A few fixed decisions about material, parts and limits, kept all the way to the end.
03 / 05 Method
How it is made. Real materials and processes that work in batches of ten, without shortcuts.
04 / 05 Form
What the rules leave behind. Nothing is added for its own sake.
05 / 05 Function
It has to work every day, for years. When it does, the object is done.