Ben Nicholson on shelter
“I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter.”
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Ben NicholsonBen Nicholson I haven’t done any building designs since the Loaf House.
Ben NicholsonBen Nicholson I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.
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Ben NicholsonBen Nicholson Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here.
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