Why Knot?
How We Work
At Knot Studio, we work in literal and figurative sites of connection to help people find a way forward through the complexities of our time. We endeavor to reshape uncertainty into clarity, and challenge into opportunity.
To nurture innovative outcomes, we explore the tensions between individual and system; experimental and applied; creating and sustaining. These pairings are unraveled and interwoven again in our work to improve orientation, address injustices, and foster ecological healing.
Our approach is built upon trust and a shared enthusiasm for diverse knowledge systems and expertise.
Environmental Graphic Design
We create memorable, pursuasive, and engaging experiences for people at the intersection of story, site, and architecture.
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Landscape Architecture
Our engagement with the natural and built world informs how we relate to others, inspiring movement, rest, and encounter activities.
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Landcape Ecology
A throughline in our work is the willingness to include people in our systems models, and the structural inequalities that drive landscape pattern.
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Environmental Justice
We support our partners in balancing the distribution of environmental amenities to communities with the most need while ensuring that public processes are facilitated using accessible and equitable methods.
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Synthesizing Creative Tensions
The push-and-pull between ideas animates Knot Studio's work with complementary energy. It is through exploring the tension in paradoxes such as Human/System, Experimental/Practical, and Create/Sustain that innovation happens. We believe that paradoxes can and should coexist, leading to creative alternatives that engage both. Our work demonstrates that it is through the push-and-pull of paradoxical logic and integrative thinking that synthesis is possible.
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