Push+Pull - Knot

Synthesizing creative tensions

The push-and-pull between ideas animates Knot Studio's work with complementary energy. It is through exploring the tension in paradoxes such as Human/System, Experimental/Practical, and Create/Sustain that innovation happens. We believe that paradoxes can and should coexist, leading to creative alternatives that engage both. Our work demonstrates that it is through the push-and-pull of paradoxical logic and integrative thinking that synthesis is possible.

Design Principle

Entanglement

Co-mingle ideas across disciplines. Act as members of a diverse, interdependent ecosystem of ideas and organisms.

Ecologies

Explore and contribute to the complex relationships of natural, designed, and/or informational spaces—sites of entanglement.

Exploration

Attempt the unexpected, while still valuing context and use. Make the world more interesting with visionary new ideas and approaches.

Collaboration

Use values and process as guideposts; respect specialized expertise while working together closely and without information silos.

Stewardship

Design with compassion and consideration. Honor legacy, resist fads. Be a part of long-term solutions.