Welcome to the Studio Properties website.

There is something special about a studio as a place of practice and learning.

That quote is from the back of the book, and it encapsulates many of the ideas and motivations behind Studio Properties.

Studio is special because it has been maintained as a human practice for thousands of years. It’s a particular place and pedagogy that operates in a distinct way. However, as a place of practice and learning, it also evolves and adapts to those participating in it and the contexts in which it operates.

That makes it both really complex and really simple. Complex because it’s people, place, values, cultures, customs, and the usual human stuff. Simple, because it is what it is, and educators just get on with educating the next generation of designers.

So, writing a book that attempts to preserve both characteristics was an important challenge for us as authors. We hope we’ve found the right balance in how we’ve presented studio – as a series of properties, not as a definition.

We hope you enjoy the book and find it as useful as we have in developing our studio teaching. If you have, then please get in touch to let us know.