Design does not unfold in limitless space. It operates within boundaries: of resources, time, labour, attention, place and relationships. Nothing is endless. Materials are extracted and transformed. Energy is spent. Time passes. Contexts shift and evolve. Every act of making exists within these parameters.

Rather than seeing limits as obstacles, Finite invites us to examine them more closely. What does it mean to design with awareness of depletion, duration and interdependence? How do constraints shape form, process and intention? Where does meaning emerge when we acknowledge that everything — objects, systems, environments, even collaborations — exists within bounds?

This exhibition brings together diverse responses to these questions. Each contributor approaches finitude through their own practice and perspective. Finite asks not how to escape limits, but how to work thoughtfully within them.