Bankston is built on a belief in the power of architectural hardware to elevate interiors through small but meaningful detail. As custodians of their craft, Bankston have proudly established a series of product collaborations with studios that champion innovative design.
Casts serves as an artful collaboration with multi-award-winning Melbourne architecture practice Edition Office. The collection of levers, pulls, a snib, and a hook continues an exploration of expression and form while articulating the relationship between person and place.
Launched in 2016 by Kim Bridgland and Aaron Roberts, Edition Office is the result of a design shorthand which enabled clarity in design concepts and outcomes. The practice was named with the intent that each building, object, design, or event would be seen as an ‘edition’ within a broader body of work.
Key to their practice is collaboration, which includes works for the National Gallery of Victoria and Canberra War Memorial.
Casts inserts the concept of series or editions into product design, expressing a shared language and typology with an emphasis on texture and process. In an open and constructive dialogue with Bankston, development of the collection allowed Edition Office to explore various fabrication techniques and materiality. Together, Bankston and Edition Office saw an opportunity to do something unique in the market, inviting innovation to the current state of the architectural hardware industry — a test of ground-breaking, risk-taking craft.
With a unique identity and robust physicality, the Casts statement collection does not compete with architecture or interior design; instead, serves to enhance. Casts engages design at the utilitarian – honoring craft, material, tactility, and ratio.
Photo credit: Bankston Architectural
