What inspires Assembly's work in general? "Our launch collection was inspired by the idea of utility, a quality that was central to the way we lived in New York. But in general, we’re inspired by our environment — what it allows, what it restricts, what needs improvement. For example, living in New York was a great design challenge. We were in this apartment that was so small that standard chairs had too large a footprint. We wondered, 'What's the smallest chair that a standard-size adult could fit in?' That's where the Halsey side chair comes from (above, center)."