The unity of meaning, being and doing is an ideal deeply rooted in Japanese culture. In this workshop we attempt a better understanding of working with wood: its properties, a better use of appropriate materials and tools, and the exploration of new ways to articulate the incomparable features of wood.

At the same time, we will ask ourselves a question not easy to answer: to what extent will our designs actually be meaningful? In order to find out whether our work fits the environment in which it shall be used, we will get to know that environment and the things that have been created in that place, its culture and climate.

Consciously considering these circumstances is always an integral part of my design process: What is a design that is friendly to its users, its makers, its places and its material? In Boisbuchet and in the encounter with universal wood, anyone living in the present can have the honour of discovering something entirely new.