Nick James, ‘Family Tree’, Wood, August 2009. Photo: David Lawson. Nick James created this piece in response to his exchange partner’s first piece ‘Rhizome’. James and Méry collaborated under the theme of ‘personal value’ which is a concept important to both designers.This representation of a tree is designed to hold personal mementos particular to a specific family member in the test tubes attached at the junctions of the branches.