Necessity
Remove what does not need to be there.
FARRINGTON
Engineering,
brought into the home.
FARRINGTON is a British design and engineering house built from a family background in precision engineering.
ENGINEERING BEFORE FARRINGTON
The discipline came first.
The founder and his father work in precision engineering in Bolton. The family engineering background includes demanding work associated with aerospace, motorsport and medical sectors.
That experience shaped an approach based on tolerance, repeatability, accountability and the behaviour of material.
WHY FARRINGTON
A different place for the same discipline.
FARRINGTON began with a simple proposition: apply the capabilities and standards of precision engineering to objects intended to be owned, handled and seen.
Engineering usually hidden inside industry becomes the object itself.
BOLTON
A real place of manufacture.
FARRINGTON is based in Bolton, Greater Manchester. The workshop is where components are machined, objects are assembled, relevant dimensions are inspected and complete products are function tested.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Nothing more than necessary.
Use determines the reason for an object. Proportion, material and manufacture determine its character.
Proportion
Function and physical presence are considered together.
Material
Materials remain legible rather than disguised.
Permanence
The intention is to make objects that remain useful and worth keeping.
THE HOUSE OF OBJECTS
No.1 is the beginning.
Ice Press No.1 was our first piece. The car sculpture and 8 Ball bring the same attention to material, proportion and finish to two objects made for display.