GAMM

The central goal in my work is desiging an object that one gets to use rather than has to use. I want to find the toy hidden inside every tool and imbue all objects with a sense of play, joy and humour. From woodworking, to sewing, to electronics, my works may be disjointed in composition but all are unified under the hope of (re)introducing their users to childish whimsy. I refer to myself as a functionalist but that title comes with hesitation. It's easy for functionalism to devolve into sterility or to stumble into banality in the pursuit of minimalism; I'd rather something be ugly and interesting than beautiful and boring. A product that beckons for interaction is a better, more functional object and I believe that 'form' is the best way to access that function. By leveraging oddity and intrigue, and treating 'form,' not as a rival to, but as a component of 'function,' I strive to pull delight from the ordinary.