2024-11-24T02:02:47-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/126382705/furniture-designer-christopher-guy-harrison-s-interview-with-thomas-heatherwick Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-04-29T12:41:00-04:00 >2015-04-29T13:05:01-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8n/8noqmkw2nj5rb29g.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On the occasion of winning Harrison's 2015&nbsp;BritWeek Design Icon Award, Thomas Heatherwick spoke with the furniture designer about his work and visions for his firm's future. We've selected a few highlights from Heatherwick's interview below:</p><p><strong>Harrison: Your staggering body of work has spanned the globe &ndash; is there a there a piece of work which you are most proud of, and is there one which is on the horizon which you are excited about?</strong></p><p>Heatherwick: Every single project is exciting. I was always wary of friends I have known who had set up organizations or companies and then done some things which were supposed to be special things and then 'bread and butter' projects. I was always wary of that because it seemed a slippery slope. I was aware of how limited the resources of your brain and team are, and it seems to waste that on anything that you didn't put everything into is crazy; because you diminish the energy for what you do really care about. So every one of the projects has got someth...</p>