Inspiration behind your Phase Bureau: "It embodies our approach to collaboration — in this case, with Grace's father Toby Winteringham," they say. "We want to invent patterns that balance skill and concept, technique and aesthetic; patterns that elevate the design's appearance while staying true to its materials and integrity. The Phase Bureau's use of traditional marquetry, and the contrast of a colorful graphic slicing through the natural oak, makes it a statement piece with equal helpings of design, craft, and technique."