Kelemotu mark

Disciplines

Each discipline is practised on its own terms and informs the others: the letter, the building, the ship, the idea of beauty, and the culture that holds them together.

I

Graphic Design

Letterforms, marks and printed matter built on measured proportion and the craft of the book.

Identity, lettering, books and printed matter, built on the classical letterform, the measured page and the careful use of ink, gold and colour.

II

Architecture

Houses, public rooms and buildings built on classical proportion and local craft.

Architecture in the classical and vernacular traditions: the arch, the column, the courtyard, the arcade. Buildings meant to serve family, community and town, using the materials and skills of the place they stand in.

IV

Aesthetics

Proportion, rhythm, material and light: the study of beauty as it bears on making things.

The study of proportion, rhythm, material and light, and of how enduring traditions of craft have understood harmony, brought to bear on the making of things.

V

Philosophy & Culture

Writing and thought on tradition, beauty and place.

The ideas beneath design: the person, the community and the place, considered through long traditions of thought and the cultures that carry them.