DESIGN FOR VITALITY™
Designing for the relationship between body, material, climate and place.
MANIFESTO
We do not need more things.
We need a different relationship with the things we make, the places we inhabit, and the living systems that sustain us.
THE MANIFESTO →01
BODY × PLACE
Design begins with sensitivity.
Temperature, humidity, airflow, light, sound and the materials touching our skin all shape our everyday experience. We begin with the sensitive human because sensitivity gives us a higher-resolution understanding of the environment.
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BODY × MATERIAL × CLIMATE
The right material depends on the body, the climate and the purpose.
A natural material is not automatically the right material. We ask whether it is right for this body, in this climate, for this use — and whether it will last.
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SLEEP
Sleep is where body and environment become impossible to separate.
For around eight hours every night, the body is continuously interacting with textiles, temperature, moisture, airflow, light and sound. We are developing bioclimatic sleep systems specifically for place.
VITALITY LAB
The Vitality Lab turns experience into knowledge.
RESEARCH / MATERIAL / CLIMATE
A growing material library and testing environment.
We study how materials breathe, absorb and release moisture, respond to heat and UV, age, wash, repair and ultimately return to the earth or another useful life.
Performance is only half the story. We also learn from people: what feels better, what helps the body stay comfortable, what lasts and what fails.
ENTER THE RESEARCH →
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VITALITY HOMES
From what touches the skin to the homes we inhabit.
What we learn through textiles can progressively inform bedding, bedrooms, interiors, architecture and ultimately entire Vitality Homes — environments that respond intelligently to human biology and the ecology of place.
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THE LIVING CYCLE
The cycle is the business.
Nothing ends with the product. How it lives, ages, repairs and eventually returns becomes intelligence for the next generation.
SHOP / OBJECTS FOR LIVING
The right material. For the right body. In the right climate.
DESIGN FOR VITALITY™
