Mats Stjernstedt:
In an e-mail you wrote that you don’t really create objects to accommodate, but rather to activate. Can you tell me something about this aspect in your works?

Luca Frei:
I am interested in producing objects that creates an awareness of the content in relation to the context in which these are placed and used. These objects should also be flexible in the sense that they can be moved or placed accordingly to different spaces or situations of use; on the other hand I am not interested in creating objects that are authoritarian on ones behaviour, rather they should suggests change, propositions and openess.

Mats Stjernstedt:
During the month of January Index has partly rebuilt its office space to - in that same space - promote a more participatory situation for our visitors, and at the same time rationalise our daily and administrative work. We have asked you to develop a functional and esthetical suggestion for this new space. Can you express some of your ideas for your "Proposal for a new office space" at Index?

Luca Frei:
In a way I wanted to make the office less "office". One of my first intentions was to create a space that would be both office and playground, resulting in a more open and dynamic whole. Therefore it was important to consider the furniture not as office furniture but as functional objects that could be used for different purposes. It helped the fact that in the room there is a complete kitchen set, and that somehow already gives a more familiar and personal character to the space.

Mats Stjernstedt:
So the office is now installed at Index since early March, and it will stay with us for quite a while. It has already proved to be multi-functional according to your intentions and according to our wishes. But the office's fully potential should now be explored in order for it to represent something more than, say, a succesfully executed design. Your suggestion for how it should live on in the future will be as important as ours. Do you have any immediate reactions on this?

Luca Frei:
An important aspect were the dialogues and the process that went through when we developed this project, for me this was already part of an engagement with the office space, or a way to use it. On the other hand the design is only a support for activities, therefore it is important that the space is constantly feeded with different situations of engagement.