Therefore: M39 + M47 with BAST turns two projects into a study of design thinking — pairing photographic documentation with edited conversation to reveal the decisions, constraints, and material logic behind BAST's work.
About This Book
Part of Shantanu Starick's self-published Therefore series, this volume focuses on two projects by BAST, examined through images that resist simple documentation and dialogues that resist easy affirmation. The format is deliberately spare: photography and conversation, each pushing against what the other might too comfortably confirm. What emerges is a portrait of a design practice drawn to industrialised processes — methods that remove subjective decision-making from the equation, such as galvanisation, where the final appearance is surrendered to process. For architects, designers, and students interested in design process, material thinking, and the relationship between intent and outcome, this is a focused and uncommon kind of monograph.
Key Features
- 104 pages of photographic studies and edited design conversations
- Photography and editorial by Shantanu Starick
- Notable projects: M39 and M47 by BAST
- Published by self-published
What You'll Discover
- How BAST approaches industrialised processes — such as galvanisation — as a way of removing subjective aesthetic decisions from the design process
- A photographic language built to complicate rather than simply record, resisting the conventions of architectural documentation
- Conversations structured to challenge rather than affirm, giving genuine access to the thinking behind the built work
- How pairing two projects within a single volume creates a comparative frame for understanding a practice's material and conceptual concerns
About the Author
Shantanu Starick is the creator and editor of the Therefore series, a self-published project using photographic studies and edited conversations to examine built work and the thinking behind it. Each volume in the series is dedicated to a single project or pair of projects, maintaining a close, sustained focus on design process.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 104
- Dimensions: 148mm x 210mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: [Details available upon request]
- Publisher: Self-published
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and designers interested in material process and design thinking, students of architectural photography, and readers drawn to publications that treat built work as the starting point for critical reflection rather than celebration.