PIQUE: To stimulate or excite to action or activity; to instigate or provoke, … to arouse, awake (curiosity, interest). OED, 2 nd Ed., 1989rnrnPIQUE’: A rather stiff cotton fabric woven in a strongly ribbed or raised pattern; quilting. OED, 2 nd Ed., 1989rnA kind of decorative needlework in which a pattern is formed by stitching. OED, 2 nd Ed., 1989rnrnPIQUE is a design studio dedicated to delivering inventive and meaningful design projects steeped in the specificity of the problem, program, site and ambitions of the client. Just as the word pique is to stimulate or capture one's attention, our carefully considered designs excite an awareness in the occupant of the space they are in and the people they share it with