MOTTAINAI
play + purpose
2021
There is this box in my studio. It’s got ‘MOTTAINAI’ scribbled on it and it’s full of remnants of experiments, surplus bits and bobs, little offcuts and testers. A few times a year I turn the box over on my worktable and have a play to see what I can make with them.
Mottainai is a Japanese concept for the sense of regret we feel over waste: the idea that something has not been used fully, or to its full potential – or has not been treated with respect and gratitude.
Each mottainai object is a unique record of what is available in the studio at a given moment and as a result, they’re all limited collections or even one-offs.
Get your own MOTTAINAI object in the shop and share it with me on Instagram.