Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Material Tendencies: Todd Bracher | News | Architonic

<b>If you had to restrict yourself to working with just one material for the next three years, which would you choose?</b> Wood. It is a timeless material. And wood is remarkably flexible, you can do so many things with it. From building a house to making a toothpick, you can go to the extremes. <b>Can you identify certain trends in materials?</b> I try to identify what is truthful. If you are honest and loyal to the truth, your result is timeless. For example, if you look at a tree, I don’t think you question if it is beautiful or not. You don’t say that it looks like it is from the 1980s. It is a tree. It is beautiful. It is a truthful result. My goal is to create something that surpasses trends. <b>What do you think of the expectation to continually produce something NEW?</b> People haven’t changed. What is meaningful remains: shelter, security, health, happiness, love… I think it is important that we design to these constant values. It is the cultural context that is movin… continue



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