In the process of thinking and developing some of the ideas outlined in his research remission proposal, Professor Hans Stofer realised that in order to move beyond an established way of working and to establish an expanded understanding of object culture, he needed to radically change his approach and attitude of making and presenting ideas.

It was essential to move away from the single-autonomous-object-making-model to a more holistic-Gesamtkunstwerk-and-all-embracing-over-a-long-time-evolving one. It needed to define ‘a space where art met design’ – in which key issues of the human condition can be explored to develop propositions with potentially wider implications.