![]() There is a refreshing fluidity in Blue Green Works’ collections that is reflected in its embrace of different materials and colours. I enter what I do with an awareness of the rules, but also a disregard for it. One constant in the collection is a very clear construction and simple use of materials. But the work I’m making has a simplicity and purity to it. ![]() ‘Being unconstrained by the rules and dogma of design schools is exciting, though it can also present an engineering challenge. ![]() ‘I think I approach designing objects with a kind of freedom, which can be a blessing and a curse,’ he says. Staples doesn’t feel held back by his lack of design training. ‘Trophy’ riffs on a recognisable goblet shape by elevating it in frosted glass ‘Banner’ reimagines the ribbons of classic 1930s and 1940s military tattoos by articulating them in metal ‘Wood’ nods to a skateboarding half-pipe while teaming it with sharper angles the disc-like shape of ‘Shade’ is drawn from the cymbals of a drum kit and ‘Candle’ brings a robust quality to the traditional candelabra. In Blue Green Works’ sophomore collection, Staples has derived the forms by contemplating symbols of power.
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