Rules of Raugh

1998

"Raugh" is a comprehensive ideology relating to objects and their usage. The primary questions addressed in Rules of Raugh range between the relationship of humans to notions such as wear, obsolescence, adaptability, ease, progress, and expertise. Raugh, pronounced “raw,” does not necessarily mean raw. While "raw" suggests a more natural or original state, "Raugh" describes the way that something becomes "undone" over time and as the result of repeated lived experience.

“Rules of Raugh”

  1. A Raugh surface should absorb or camouflage dirt, rather than reveal it.

  2. Because all possessions ultimately break down or wear out, a Raugh object must deteriorate beautifully.

  3. Raugh is absolutely comfortable.

  4. Something Raugh doesn’t require an “expert” to make it.

  5. Raugh objects are never functionally fixed.

  6. Raugh is infinitely adaptable.

  7. In a Raugh room things belong wherever you put them naturally.

  8. Raugh is both progressive and regressive at the same time.