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Three weeks and one door handle
A small piece of hardware, a large disagreement, and why the cheapest sample won.
Rotterdam · studio notebook · November 2026
The studio desk
Interior work, recorded while it is still unresolved. Current projects, material decisions and notes from site.
Recently on the desk
All notesMaterial
The marble that changed colour overnight
A slab approved in a showroom became a different material beside a north-facing window.
Drawing
Draw every door in the open position
The hallway drawing looked complete until somebody tried to unload the dishwasher.
From the materials shelf
Three things currently out on the table
- Unlacquered brass — accepted, fingerprints and all.
- Honed limestone — replacing the showroom marble.
- Timber left unfinished where hands will not touch it.
“The room is not finished when it photographs well. It is finished when nobody has to ask where the light switch is.”
Studio rule, written after a late site visit