This week on the site we featured one of our favorite new Brooklyn studios, @cultivationobjects, in a long convo with writer @dahowarth: "I’m usually interested more in the story of what I’m making rather than the actual objects, so furniture always presented a challenge because I didn’t want it to be 100% utilitarian. I was always worried that there would be a lack of meaning. There’s a quote from French philosopher Jean Baudrillard that I think goes something along the lines of: 'We live in a world where there is more and more information and less and less meaning.' So I guess I had a guilt attached to creating furniture that didn’t embody an element of mindfulness. ⁠ ⁠ "During the pandemic, I started transforming my art practice more towards furniture. And I realized that I could incorporate those ideas into making furniture. There are a million beautiful chairs out there that are perfectly functional and easy on the eyes. But if I was going to make something, I wanted the process and act of making it to be as compelling as the final object."⁠ ⁠ Read the full story via link in bio! Photos by @charles_billot