The
economy of beauty
Tina Manis Associates, LLC
is a design practice dedicated to facilitating the complex process of creating
space. Our mission is to bring to
fruition the programmatic, physical and cultural contexts of site, materials,
and economic boundaries surrounding each project and, through the
inventive management of those resources, redefine the common perception
of beauty in physical form. We explore not
only the spatial presence in the immediate context, but also its presence in
the global, urban, and regional settings; contexts and scales from the most
infinite to the most intimate.
We believe every endeavor is
an investment of valued resources and each project affords a unique
experience. Our process involves a
comprehensive analysis, draws on creativity and cumulative expertise, and results
in a design that solves real problems to enhance spatial and ephemeral
experiences.
Our motivation is to
transcend the apparent parameters and limitations of any given project to
recognize its greater potential. We
explore the resonance of space expressed through subtle gestures discovered
during the process of making with the awareness that the smallest detail
contributes to the integrity of a space and becomes an integral part of the
whole. In this, spatial expression and constructs
are fully synthesized. Ultimately, a
design evolves which consciously and unconsciously, both reflects and
transcends the contemporary condition; a piece of the real world telling us something
new about ourselves.
TMA explores this
relationship between beauty and economy through both theoretical and built
investigations. The results are designs
which are incisive and innovative and which subvert traditional preconceptions;
defining a new ‘economy of beauty’.