ROLU, rosenlof/lucas, ro/lu is a design and art studio located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that's focus is on modern residential landscape design and installation. Its practice also extends to relational architectural projects, urban planning work and innovative collaborative public art. The studio was founded in 2003 by Matt Olson and Mike Brady and currently has four members and a summer intern from the environmental design program at the University of Minnesota.

The following is a brief manifesto we wrote in the early years. We love manifestos (ok, ok... it's probably more like a mission statement. Manifesto just seems cooler.)

Our beliefs are very important to us.

We believe in design. We believe design should concern itself with the everyday and be affordable and accessible to everyone. We believe surrounding yourself with things you care about makes your life better. We believe modern progressive design inspires people. We believe old things can look perfect with new things. We believe creativity and communication almost always makes the world a better place. We think we have a responsibility to improve things when we solve problems. We're always searching for new knowledge and daring it to change our context. We believe respect for history is necessary to give growth direction. We believe the smallest details can have large impact.

We believe the world's an amazing place.

Please feel free to use our contact form if you have any questions about us or our work.


This site was designed by Mylinh Trieu Nguyen, programmed by Leon Hong and built with Indexhibit