Perhaps so many of us who gather in this city love design because we remember that design, at its heart, has always been a love letter to humankind — the quiet labour of making, within the time of our lives, a place where the hands of those we love can touch us.
Once a year we come to see each other's faces again; dozens, hundreds of times a day we brush past and say hello by chance. May this small thing help that precious time feel a little more beautiful.
To this city — which has nurtured our growth year after year, which has given us infinite love — and to design itself, this is offered.