A range of tool-inspired cabinet hardware developed through an investigation into the decorative elements of utilitarian objects. Philip Luscombe’s fittings are influenced by David Pye’s idea’s about useless work being done on useful objects - that even when an object is supposed to be entirely ‘functional’, there is nearly always effort spent upon refining its appearance. The range of knobs is an opportunity to explore this balance between the useless and the useful, in search of a charming ‘utilitarian’ visual language that doesn’t, as it might be imagined, develop on its own.