Bark & Beam is a studio practice grounded in judgment, structure, and material craft.
Across wall works and furniture, the work begins with defined parameters and is resolved through analysis, material engagement, and use.
The practice operates between art and engineering, surface and structure. The aim is not precision for its own sake, but work that endures intellectually, materially, and in daily life.
“Between art and engineering, inquiry and craft shape work that holds structure and character in balance over time.”
Studio Principles.
Design Approach.
Design at Bark & Beam begins with understanding the system at hand—whether a dataset, a spatial condition, or a functional requirement.
Analysis is used to establish limits, relationships, and structure. Decisions are guided by logic rather than habit, allowing complexity to resolve without simplification. Iteration serves clarity, not novelty.
The work does not illustrate information; it distills it—translating systems into objects meant to be experienced over time.
“Form follows understanding”
Material Practice.
Making is where rigor meets reality.
Wood is treated as both material and collaborator—carrying variation, resistance, and memory that cannot be abstracted away. Grain, movement, and imperfection are not corrected out of the work, but incorporated within a disciplined structural framework.
Furniture and wall works are made with the expectation that they will change. Use, light, and time become part of the object’s character. The work remains steady not because it resists life, but because it was designed to accommodate it.
“We strip away the unnecessary to reveal the essential, building work that endures.”
Authorship.
Bark & Beam is an independent studio practice led by Duggi.
His background spans engineering, strategy and operations —fields centered on understanding complex systems and making decisions meant to endure beyond first impressions. Alongside full-time professional work, he has maintained a long-standing woodworking practice grounded in patience, structure, and material response.
What began as a counterbalance to abstraction became a parallel discipline: shaping material slowly, responding to structure, and finding meaning in the physical realities of making. Across both pursuits, the same values apply—careful thinking precedes action; parameters bring clarity; good work takes time.
“Woodworking is a discipline of a thousand judgments. It demands the rigor of the analyst and the soul of the maker.”