Amo

The collection presents a series of essays blending poetic reflection with design doctrine, arguing that authentic artistic belief must arise from love of materials, natural forms, and functional truth. It criticizes decorative excess and the divorce of ornament from construction, urges forms to follow function and ornament to respect material logic, and celebrates flowers, trees, and living bodies as primary sources of beauty. The texts combine aesthetic theory, moral conviction, and practical prescriptions aimed at renewing architecture and the applied arts through fidelity to nature and rational form.