All four of this issue's projects have used methods and materials that quietly push conventional boundaries and show the depth of the talent within an AWI custom woodwork project is the vision of the owner and designer expressed by the thoughtful woodworkers' careful interpretation of their vision. What is possible while working within the boundaries of a variety of materials combined with the experience of the human mind? The courage to swim the length is the same kind of courage needed to use a material built on courage. On June 1, AWI marked the one-year anniversary of the release of its industry standard - the ANSI/AWI 0641 - 2019 Architectural Wood Casework Standard. designations, charts and tables along with the prominence of metric tolerances are factors credited with the standard's increased use. While the existing, familiar aesthetic grades of Premium, steadily remain the same, performance expectation to a casework project helps assure the project owners that the casework will meet visual expectations and perform as expected without adding cost. This is something new that applies to everyone. Building CSI MasterFormat Section 6 that reference the new ANSI standard will be interpreted uniformly and adhered to by all casework manufacturers whether they are AWI members, nonmembers, QCP licensed or not, operating within North America or anywhere else in the world. Users of the can now expect consistent performance and aesthetic qualities around the globe. Imagine partnering with another AWI member on a collaborative project involving diverse user groups, halfway across the globe. AWI's new ANSI Standards makes this possible. 12 designsolutions I summer 2021