Unlike the linear, top-down pyramid that has come to define corporate hierachies, this early chart offers a more fluid, organic vision of structure. Its delicate lines place leadership not at the apex but at the base-the roots-while frontline works extend outward like branches, forming a network rather than a ladder.

As emerging technologies reshape how information flows and how systems are deisnged, Roots of Trust looks to the past to reimagine the future. It invites us to reconsider not just where we stand within an organisation, but how we see ourselves in the evolving landscape of work itself.

Roots of Trust reimagines a historical design artifact that reshaped the way people work: the first know organisational chart, created in 1855.

This is the opportunity to own a limited-edition print, postcard set or tote bag inspired by this remarkable piece.