'the first time in 20 years I've allowed myself to create work with no client in mind' 

'Ask a Tree' is a new collection of sculptures from Charlie Whinney that puts the forest first.  There is no client in mind and few critical requirements - its pure sculpture, just the forest, the tree and the artist.  The work you see is the product of innumerable conversations that occurred in the woods and the workshop between a tree and Charlie, who listens carefully.  All this work is for sale, displayed during the month of May under one of Charlie's recent commissions, the giant 'Ebb & Flow' sculpture in the beautiful new Park Hyatt London River Thames.  Sales will allow for exploration and further research into regenability and regenerative design as well as nurturing more of the forests we love.  

Although these works are mostly just for looking at and thinking, about they serve a purpose in the environment and community they came from and were created under Regenerative Design Principles and Methods, see below.

What is Regenerative Design?

(Field of Practice)

Regenerative design is the creative, design and planning part of Regenerative Practice. It can be seen as the practice of Regenability.

Regenerative design is not a single methodology, but a field of overlapping approaches concerned with working with living systems rather than against them. It draws on systems thinking, ecology, biomimicry, and related disciplines to inform place-based and context-responsive practice.

It focuses on how design, making, and planning can work within living systems in ways that support ecological, social, and cultural resilience. There are many ways in which to work within this very broad field, an Applied Regenerative Framework can help practitioners and businesses structure what to do and where to start.