Heathered effect twitter - Heather O’Neill at the Height of Her Literary Powers

This attitude explains why on his Web site Heatherwick organizes his work not by type, the way most designers do, but simply in three groups: small, medium, and large.

The Rolling Bridge opens silently, and the whole process seems almost magical, as if the bridge were initiating the movement itself.

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Two years later, Heatherwick set up his own design studio, and he now employs a diverse team of forty-eight people, including a theatre designer, architects, product designers, and workshop technicians.