Industrial Facility: Searching for Balance
Balance is what sets apart the design work of Sam Hecht and Kim Colin, the husband and wife team that founded the London-based firm Industrial Facility in 2002.
“We need contrast and tension to be able to create,” says Hecht, an industrial designer naturally drawn to the details of a project. A tendency complemented by Colin, a trained architect with an eye for big-picture connections. “If Sam gets really small on something,” she explains, “I can back out and say ‘that’s great, but is it relevant? How does it connect?’” An observation acknowledged by Hecht, who describes their design process as a series of conversations. Working together in this way, the two find balance, a fact evident in the simple elegance of their designs.
Check out Sam Hecht and Kim Colin’s contribution to Why Design, a new video series featuring stories from Herman Miller’s creative network.