Our work is about not excluding nature from interior or products design. Rather, we tend to use the natural environment to inspire us, then we create our specific narratives around it. For example, the Lunuganga shelves made in the form of branches have a very specific story for us relating to their origin in the Sri Lankan jungle. There is no reason why anyone encountering this piece should know this, but everyone can relate to the experience of being in woods, and will therefore be able to write this experience onto the piece.
Our work seeks to reach people at an experiential level, that is to say we put something of ourselves into it which resonates with those who come across it. The work should be able to exist without explanation so that people can interpret the experience of seeing or using it on their own terms.

Michel Cross + Julie Mathias Born in Scotland in 1979, Michael Cross met Lyon-born designer Julie Mathias at the Royal College of Art in London. By plunging electric light bulbs into water, they create a beautiful, yet disturbing lighting installation in Flood.