In 2017 we were asked to submit information about our studio. We weren't sure how to describe our practice. But we had a collective sense of principle and approach that we've put together as a manifesto.
A Manifesto: Draft 1
→ Let your surroundings shape you.
☞ Bake bread then break it.
➫ Find transformation in the cracks.
⇢ Tell a tree a secret.
➽ Forget about goals, everything we do is process.
⇥ Allow the dirt to do the thinking for you.
➟ Keep asking questions.
➜ Try on everyone’s shoes at least once.
⟿ Harmonize with the bird song.
➲ Say it simple.
⇰ Learn to listen.
⇨ Remember, everyone’s an artist.
⟾ Study the language of your landscape.
⥤ Create blueprints through footprints.
⇉ Mix up flavours.
➣ Make mistakes, often.
❥ Nurture the present for the next generation.
⛢ Collect objects for their magic qualities.
⥛ Be a member of your community.
☛ Make things using the real world.
➬ Overturn stones.
⤳ Eat the sky.
⥈ Walk a different path every day.
➞ Embrace uncertainty.
⥤ Tell stories as heirlooms for all.
→Watch a plant grow.
In 2017 we were asked to submit information about our studio. We weren't sure how to describe our practice. But we had a collective sense of principle and approach that we've put together as a manifesto.
A Manifesto: Draft 1
→ Let your surroundings shape you.
☞ Bake bread then break it.
➫ Find transformation in the cracks.
⇢ Tell a tree a secret.
➽ Forget about goals, everything we do is process.
⇥ Allow the dirt to do the thinking for you.
➟ Keep asking questions.
➜ Try on everyone’s shoes at least once.
⟿ Harmonize with the bird song.
➲ Say it simple.
⇰ Learn to listen.
⇨ Remember, everyone’s an artist.
⟾ Study the language of your landscape.
⥤ Create blueprints through footprints.
⇉ Mix up flavours.
➣ Make mistakes, often.
❥ Nurture the present for the next generation.
⛢ Collect objects for their magic qualities.
⥛ Be a member of your community.
☛ Make things using the real world.
➬ Overturn stones.
⤳ Eat the sky.
⥈ Walk a different path every day.
➞ Embrace uncertainty.
⥤ Tell stories as heirlooms for all.
→Watch a plant grow.
ASSEMBLY
Currently spread between the South-East and Sheffield.
Assembly is a research, design and action based practice working with the environment, the commons and for communities.
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