Journal

Short weekly reflections on design, making and craft.

Soulless work

There’s a lot of work being done today that doesn’t have any soul in it. The technique may be the utmost perfection, yet it is lifeless. It doesn’t have a soul. I hope my furniture has a soul to it.

— Sam Maloof

Perhaps soulful work is similar to what I refer to as authentic design—equal parts, pragmatic, beautiful, purposeful, and essential.

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