We believe Design can be a vehicle for Change
Multiple Scales | Many Intersections
Why?
Pronounced 'tee-koon' the word comes from the Hebrew phrase “tikkun olam” which means “repairing the world”. Tikun is a verb - an action word. We believe in design as a vehicle for economic, social and environmental justice. Able to encourage more equitable economies. The concept of repairing the world through the intersection of design, ecology and activism is more pertinent than ever and guides our design philosophy.
How?
One example of how we do this are our SCRAP Lamp Shades. By salvaging the material, pulling it from a waste stream, we begin a dialogue about what waste is and how materials might begin to be elevated or up-cycled. Our products and projects are a series of stepping stones, encouraging us to always design at our limit and asking all of us to think about what kind of society we want to be.
What?
Tikun Collective is a design studio working to improve the built environment and have fun doing it. Our mission is to create places, projects and products with purpose using social, economic and environmentally sustainable practices whenever possible.
Our services include:
Architectural Design
Custom Product Design & Custom Product Fabrication
Laser cutting, etching and engraving services
Design Consultation
Pronounced 'tee-koon' the word comes from the Hebrew phrase “tikkun olam” which means “repairing the world”. Tikun is a verb - an action word. We believe in design as a vehicle for economic, social and environmental justice. Able to encourage more equitable economies. The concept of repairing the world through the intersection of design, ecology and activism is more pertinent than ever and guides our design philosophy.
How?
One example of how we do this are our SCRAP Lamp Shades. By salvaging the material, pulling it from a waste stream, we begin a dialogue about what waste is and how materials might begin to be elevated or up-cycled. Our products and projects are a series of stepping stones, encouraging us to always design at our limit and asking all of us to think about what kind of society we want to be.
What?
Tikun Collective is a design studio working to improve the built environment and have fun doing it. Our mission is to create places, projects and products with purpose using social, economic and environmentally sustainable practices whenever possible.
Our services include:
Architectural Design
- Concept Design
- Schematic Design
- Architectural Drafting
- Architectural Modeling (3D (digital) and physical)
Custom Product Design & Custom Product Fabrication
- Prototyping/ Production/ Fabrication (for virtually any product you need)
- Custom Signage
Laser cutting, etching and engraving services
- Paper
- Wood
- Glass, Stone and Metal (etch and engrave only)
- Felt and Fabric
Design Consultation
Consumers.
Every living thing consumes. But all natural things ensure their waste is able to be consumed by something else.
As much as we can we focus on why, how and what gets consumed in human economies. The word consumption can be synonymous with depleting and exhausting or it can be synonymous with absorbing, employing or engaging.
Our inspiration comes from a number of sources including but not limited to biomimicry*, cradle to cradle* design. We believe that design for the 21st century must be smarter, greener, wiser, more diverse, blended with indigenous cultural wisdom and in concert with the natural world. We must rethink the 19th and 20th century industrial methods simply based on their byproducts or symptoms and begin to solve our challenges the way nature would, not being afraid to ditch outdated ideas, methods or memes.
We're a long way from fulfilling our mission and we hope you'll join us in getting there. This is an evolving process - we invite you to join in by email, by enjoying one of our products, places, services or on our blog - here.
We are constantly innovating how we make our products and how we run our projects.
Some projects can't use greener processes or materials so we donate to 1% For the Planet, donating 1% of our profits to companies that do great things for the environment.
Our green initiatives include:
1% For the Planet Member - visit their website here
Wind credits for our office, storage and assembly area energy use.
LED bulbs in our lamps.
Salvaged materials (like mat board, card stock and hard woods) for most if not all of our:
Cardboard packaging
We use recycled and/or FSC paper and woods when possible
*Visit our definitions page for more info.
Every living thing consumes. But all natural things ensure their waste is able to be consumed by something else.
As much as we can we focus on why, how and what gets consumed in human economies. The word consumption can be synonymous with depleting and exhausting or it can be synonymous with absorbing, employing or engaging.
Our inspiration comes from a number of sources including but not limited to biomimicry*, cradle to cradle* design. We believe that design for the 21st century must be smarter, greener, wiser, more diverse, blended with indigenous cultural wisdom and in concert with the natural world. We must rethink the 19th and 20th century industrial methods simply based on their byproducts or symptoms and begin to solve our challenges the way nature would, not being afraid to ditch outdated ideas, methods or memes.
We're a long way from fulfilling our mission and we hope you'll join us in getting there. This is an evolving process - we invite you to join in by email, by enjoying one of our products, places, services or on our blog - here.
We are constantly innovating how we make our products and how we run our projects.
Some projects can't use greener processes or materials so we donate to 1% For the Planet, donating 1% of our profits to companies that do great things for the environment.
Our green initiatives include:
1% For the Planet Member - visit their website here
Wind credits for our office, storage and assembly area energy use.
LED bulbs in our lamps.
Salvaged materials (like mat board, card stock and hard woods) for most if not all of our:
- Lamp shades
- Lamp structures
- Promotional items
- Business cards
Cardboard packaging
We use recycled and/or FSC paper and woods when possible
*Visit our definitions page for more info.