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From Signs to Form
A look inside the reduction process that turns photographs, type fragments and street observations into the Harmoni visual language.
Collect without deciding
Early research is intentionally messy. We photograph surfaces, packaging, transit lines and handwritten notices without asking how they will become a product. Patterns only appear after the collection has room to breathe.
Find the recurring gesture
The studio wall slowly reveals repeated shapes and contrasts. Those repetitions become a working grammar: a line weight, a face, a colour relationship or a certain amount of empty space.
Remove until it holds
The final step is reduction. A reference should survive simplification without becoming generic. When a form feels inevitable and still carries the original mood, it is ready to move into material.