Brazil — rhythm
Origin, family, maracatu. Collective energy, and the conviction that something made together beats something made perfectly alone. It's why I'd rather have a team arguing about the right problem than a tidy spec nobody believes in.
Three homes, one design language.
Brazil, France, and the United States each left something specific in how I work. So did the things I do with my hands and in the water. The short version of why my product instincts look the way they do.
01 — Geography
Where the instincts came from.
France — craft
Engineering at Centrale, and years of living somewhere that treats restraint as a form of respect. Structure, rigour, and a permanent suspicion of anything decorative that isn't also doing work.
United States — momentum
Scale, experimentation, and the habit of building in public. Ship it, watch what happens, adjust. The counterweight that keeps the French half from polishing something forever.
02 — Off-screen
Practices that reset the eye.
Water, clay, and rhythm. The things that keep the work loose and stop me over-thinking a decision that wants to be made with the hands.
Water
Surf, scuba, wakeboard. Balance, stillness, and speed — three different arguments with the same ocean.
Clay & colour
Pottery, candles, watercolour. Slow, physical, forgiving of a first attempt. Good practice for anyone who spends the week in abstractions.
Maracatu
Rhythm learned in a group, where your part only makes sense next to everyone else's. The most useful thing I know about teams.
- Surf
- Scuba
- Wakeboard
- Pottery
- Watercolor
- Candles
- Maracatu
03 — Back to the work
Rhythm, craft, momentum. All three end up in the product.