![]() If you have to make something, you end up with both a “thing” and more importantly a knowledge about materials and the architecture and construction of objects. There were generations of children who left school knowing how to make, understanding the biography of our manufactured environment. As humans, we tend to be more responsible stewards of the things we truly understand. I do think our understanding of the physical world, of materials and resources, is connected to our curiosity about how things come to be. JI: We’ve talked a lot about how making products in high volume obviously consumes enormous resources. Undertaking the process of renovating an old house, I can say without any shadow of a doubt that the skills needed to restore a Grade I-listed house are not non-existent, but they are dying. Beyond just buying something, we were caring for it, which is obviously better than recycling. There was a time when we were able and motivated to maintain and look after products. It reminded me of one of the things we were talking about recently. It was made 60 years ago and was restored 20 years ago by P&A Wood in Essex. I just drove over in a Bentley S2 Continental. There’s this incredible concentration of old cars in the area. The best Bugatti restorer is nearby, and the best Ferrari restorer too. Nick Mason is just up the road and his collection is amazing. MN: This is an appropriate place to work on an automotive project, because there are so many fantastic classic cars and people with car collections around here. “There’s an inherent elegance in an effective tool that normally results in a curious beauty” © Tom Jamieson Tools and measuring devices in Newson’s workshop © Tom Jamieson ![]() The opportunity to be this close is fabulous and means that when I am in the UK we can work together so easily – whether it’s our work with Apple or Ferrari. We bought a house on the same stretch of river, literally five minutes away. Your house is extraordinary and this is an area I’ve been in love with for many years. JI: We have already spent a lot of time working together here. The workshop used to be a tack room and what was the stable is now a garage for my cars… so a different kind of stable, I guess. I’m not really doing heavy, heavy machining. MN: I had to have a “head office” before a house, but it’s a head office for tinkering.
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