David was adamant that the furniture had to include steel. Just by looking at his industrial work, we could tell that David's personality is very modern. He likes clean lines and modern materials. So we took that into account when we produced our initial sketches.

As designers, Brian and I both have a love and appreciation of craftsmanship and of making things that are not only beautiful, but work for the environment and the client's particular needs. A lot of the time, architecture is designed for the architect. It's sterile, it doesn't respond to the environment, to surrounding buildings, and a lot of the time it doesn't even function for the client. At Isosceles, we do client-focused design, and that makes all the difference.

We got exposed to a lot of unusual building techniques. It's a lot more difficult than people think to get sets to move so quickly, for example.

His velocity is so much better this spring than it was before. You can see the work ethic is paying off for him in a lot of ways.

I did it to remind them that they need to work. That work ethic is starting to pay off.

We played as a team. It was all about hard work.