Carl Barnett Design/Studio
Hope is the
cocoon
on which
time
depends.
A flutter of
wings,
till end.
Future
Herald Sohlberg ‘Winter Night in the Mountains’ 1914
The vastness of the future compels and overwhelms, entices in its ability to be manipulated, tugs at the inner core of hope. The color of its blue-blackness does little to frighten and its depth gives cause for contemplative thought.
It is not that the unknown can harm, fear does not exist, it’s not strong arm nor bullet. The unknown is much like beauty, enchanting, but beauty has an underside, this is the irony of living.
To equate the future to beauty is probably the best scenario, the most likely logic befitting the approaching unknown. This is not a positive manifesto but realistic doctrine, gleaned from years of future building, daily lessons.
The future, is beautiful.
Review
House in Winterthur by Cyrill Dettling Architekturstudio and Schoop de Santis Architekten.
A review for Anniversary Magazine.
Cyrill Dettling Architekturstudio - School de Santis Architekten
Review
Tablescapes collection by industrial designer Joe Doucet. Water waste and democracy of design.
A review for LEIBAL.
Joe Doucet ‘Tablescapes’
Philosophy
Carl Barnett Design/Studio
Philosophy and design are tightly intertwined in all I create. It is just as important to speak to and ruminate on what I do, as it is the actuality of doing. The elements of design are the legs upon which meaning and purpose sit. This is my wholistic approach. The why before the what.
My eye is attracted to opposites of textures and forms, as my mind draws to time lines. Contrasts and contradictions are what fuel my concepts, but it is the emotional and intellectual dialogue that I am after. My final destination.
A calm environment contrasts our contemporary world, as art and the handmade inspires thought and contemplation. This is the function of a well designed space. Utility and inspiration. To focus upon what our eye desires and what our lives need. To solve a problem and to vacillate the coming future.
This is what design can do. What creativity aspires to be. A tool to solve a problem, whether it is space, emotion and the uncertain future or facilitating a better understanding of who we are and who we wish to become.
My design aesthetic tends toward the calm, to again contrast our contemporary world. But it is not the aesthetics that have the final word, its how they resonate and inspire those who dwell within.
Carl Barnett Design/Studio