Perhaps so many of us who gather in this city love design because design, at its heart, is 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; a hundred times a day we brush past and say hello by chance. I hope this small thing helps 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.