Pro90 6 Mfe S Ar Arancio Freestanding Cooker Interview

Interview with Bertazzoni Spa (BS), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Pro90 6 Mfe S Ar Arancio Freestanding Cooker design. Pro90 6 Mfe S Ar Arancio was a 2015 - 2016 period Golden A' Home Appliances DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Bertazzoni Spa at Wednesday 4th of May 2016: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? BS : Bertazzoni is a cooking appliances specialist with over 130 years experience of excellence in manufacturing. We design tools for people who loves to cook meaning they have to be performing, reliable, ergonomic and why not incredibly beautiful... FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? BS : Professional Series is the flagship series of our brand: it’s a “ memory" piece that brings together the best technology for cooking and an extremely stylish design. Clean lines, balance, the best quality materials and finishes to fit the most beautiful kitchens in the world, from modern to traditional and classic... FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept? BS : It took about 2 years considering all the technological issues and the meticulous research for the best materials and finishes. For example we were not happy with the standard colour techniques of our industry and we decided to use the luxury sport car industry painting process. The result is gorgeous but you can imagine it took time...

Da An H House Residential House Interview

Interview with SHU-CHING TAN (ST), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Da An H House Residential House design. Da An H House was a 2015 - 2016 period Golden A' Interior Space and Exhibition DesignAward Winner.

Interview with SHU-CHING TAN at Friday 6th of May 2016: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? ST : I think communication is the most important issue to decide the result of Da An H House. I communicated many times with my client to confirm what they needs and wants. Then I instructed and discussed with my team about every detail over and over again, so that they can transfer the spirit of the design to our construction team. My idea and inspiration are come from listening to the requirement of my client. I want to make them feel like the home that I designed is the only place they want to go. A home is a place for people to rest, therefore, this is the place where my client can find peace and recover from nervous and tired life. .. FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? ST : Refinement of every single detail is what I trying to achieve for each of my design. Especially this awarded project Da An H House. The client of Da An H house is a person who enjoy life seriously. She learned cooking in Le Cordon Bleu, she learned piano, and photographing. Therefore, I try to make every detail refinement to meet with the client lifestyle. For example, there are a lot of customized in the house, such as doggie doors were open in the walls of the house, so the doggie ( the client think that the doggie is one of the member of their family) could go thru each door and access to any rooms that it like. In the restroom, I designed a nice functional low wall (steel as a base structure combine with walnut wood) beside the toilet which combined 3-4 functions in one structure. For example, spaces to store the toilet paper and toilet brush. There is a little interesting of the storage space of toilet brush, we built drainage to avoid water will not drip down to the floor. The design of Da An H House also considered the height of the client, so that they do not need to bend down to get the things they need. Above we only mentioned part of the refinement, we could not mentioned all of them in a small paragraph, for more information, please feel free to visit our website in http://www.herzudesign.com/ .. FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work? ST : I have a well-coordinated designers team and construction team to complete this work together. ..

Blobhertz Coating Interview

Interview with Roberto Maurizio Paura (RP), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Blobhertz Coating design. Blobhertz was a 2015 - 2016 period Golden A' Building Materials, Construction Components, Structures & Systems DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Roberto Maurizio Paura at Sunday 8th of May 2016: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? RP : It all happened meanwhile watching “Big Bang Theory” series, an episode where main characters let a mixture of water and corn flour dance and shake on a plastic film applied to a subwoofer. When facing surface deformation as a topic, I suddenly realized I should have applied non-Newtonian fluidodynamics principle with a more comprehensive approach... FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? RP : BlobHertz aims at stopping time in a song's music fragment, to allow every person to literaly puts his hands on the sound itself... FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? RP : This award will definetely spread out my project all over the world. My aim is at partnering with majors companies willing to add my fully customizable product into their catalog. ..

Keza Chilled Cheese Trolley Interview

Interview with Patrick Sarran (PS), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Keza Chilled Cheese Trolley design. Keza was a 2015 - 2016 period Golden A' Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Patrick Sarran at Thursday 30th of June 2016: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? PS : French cheeses belong to the best of the gastronomy. Refined cheeses are fragile. They have to be handled with care, and be kept at a constant temperature of around 13°C. In 2007 the few chilled cheeses trolleys for restaurants had an outdated design and were not very effective. The master cheese ripener Xavier asked me to create a model for him. He simply told me "it would be nice if the cold could come from above »... FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? PS : I searched for convergence between functions, materials, virtual optimization, economy of means and manufacturing technologies; with the goal of creating a beautiful piece of design dedicated to cheeses service. .. FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? PS : I hope this design will become an archetype...

I.dummy Innovative Fitting System Interview

Interview with Winswin Limited Winswin Limited (WW), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning I.dummy Innovative Fitting System design. I.dummy was a 2014 - 2015 period Golden A' Engineering and Technical DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Winswin Limited Winswin Limited at Sunday 28th of September 2014: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? WW : The i.Dummy project was conceived 5 years ago by Dr. Chan Chee Kooi, Allan of the Institute of Textiles & Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This was done as dummies are vitally used in the fashion industry for design and fitting and they are often available in single size and shape. Even when they are billed as a certain size, their shape and physical profiles can be variedly different. Coupled with various differences of many ethnicities, the finding of a dummy that can adequately represent the “person” has remains difficult... FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? WW : The main focus is to design and develop a robotic mannequin that can mimic bodily profiles of different sizes of dummies for the global fashion industry... FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? WW : The future plan is to propagate the technology and knowhow to other mannequin designs such as the male figure lower body, plus-sizes, and even children’s i.Dummies...

Table T Outdoor or Indoor Table Interview

Interview with Irena Kilibarda (IK), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Table T Outdoor or Indoor Table design. Table T was a 2014 - 2015 period Golden A' Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Irena Kilibarda at Thursday 23rd of October 2014: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? IK : The main idea was to use Corian with all its' material properties and possibilities in combination with two other materials in a furniture design. Table T is the product that shows at the same time all Corian Illumination Series caracteristics and shows the engineering excellence and stability of a table design... FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept? IK : From the night when the idea came to my mind to the manufacture, one year passed. The most time was spent for the metalic holding construction, or the structure of the table. It was supposed to be very stable, but since the Corian Illumination is partly transparent, and Corian as a material needs underconstruction to be stable, we needed to think of a metalic construction that will the function and cooperate with the Table T design... FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration? IK : I decided to pursuit an inspiration. First there was one table, after the whole collection of Table Ts...

Beijing Jinyu Vanke Plaza Retail Interview

Interview with Lighting Design Partnership International (China Branch) Co., Ltd. (LC), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Beijing Jinyu Vanke Plaza Retail design. Beijing Jinyu Vanke Plaza was a 2014 - 2015 period Golden A' Lighting Products and Lighting Projects DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Lighting Design Partnership International (China Branch) Co., Ltd. at Monday 17th of November 2014: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? LC : The idea behind the exterior lighting was to create a "magic box", that would have a very different character by day and by night, when it would come alive with color-changing lighting... FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? LC : The lighting design for the facade had to directly achieve the architectural design intent from Woods Bagot, bypassing the lighting schematic design. Therefore, the design development was supplemented with various mockups to ensure a perfect "magic box" outcome which would be in sync with the main atrium's roof lighting... FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? LC : We can only wish continuous prosperity to the Beijing Vanke Jiny Plaza...

Pebble Bagasse Plate and Bowl Interview

Interview with Simi Gauba (SG), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Pebble Bagasse Plate and Bowl design. Pebble Bagasse was a 2014 - 2015 period Golden A' Disposable and Single-Use Product DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Simi Gauba at Sunday 15th of March 2015: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? SG : My collection - 'Pebble Bagasse' is inspired by the organic shape of the humble pebble and has been made for Duni AB, the leaders in innovative eating and drinking tabletop concepts. The material used in this collection, Bagasse, was very important to me in my design and inspiration process. Bagasse which is the by-product of sugarcane is not only biodegradable but is also one of the most readily available non-tree fibers. The red thread in this project was to make a disposable range of consumer products using a material that is natural, organic and renewable.. FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? SG : I wanted to achieve a good, functional, sustainable product that can sit on the shelf space in a supermarket/stores as an attractive single use-disposable product for Duni. I think I managed to achieve all of that... FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? SG : This design has been made for Duni AB and it is already in supermarkets/stores since Feb 2015. The idea is to inspire the consumer to choose this single-use displosable product which is not only eco friendly but looks good too!..

Qbracelet Phone Charger Interview

Interview with James Kernan (JK), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Qbracelet Phone Charger design. Qbracelet was a 2014 - 2015 period Golden A' Wearable Technologies DesignAward Winner.

Interview with James Kernan at Wednesday 11th of March 2015: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? JK : Our Inspiration for the QBracelet came because our phone's always kept dying. We wanted to find a solution that was innovative but also stylish. Our vision is to create products that seamlessly embed technologies within the fashion/tech space. .. FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? JK : Our main focus was to make it stylish and functional. We want people to use the product without it being complicated. It should just work and look good at the same time. .. FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? JK : We are currently working on a partnership with a major American fashion Jewelry designer to collaborate on a more high end collection of the QBracelet and other phone charging Jewelry. ..

Vary Light Object Interview

Interview with Florian Freihöfer (FF), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Vary Light Object design. Vary was a 2014 - 2015 period Golden A' Lighting Products and Lighting Projects DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Florian Freihöfer at Tuesday 28th of April 2015: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? FF : What happens to the space which emerges unintentionally or unconsciously? Does it communicate or interact with its environment? Can I, as a designer, create tasks for these interspaces? I tried to find connections between architecture, art and perception. Who created those spaces? And why are they being created? In my opinion its the point of view as well as our experience. .. FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept? FF : It took six months. Three months for research and another three to create a design... FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself? FF : I`ll be selling it on my own. When the product is ready for industrial production, I would like to get it produced...

Tulpi-Seat Chair Interview

Interview with Marco Manders (MM), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning Tulpi-Seat Chair design. Tulpi-Seat was a 2014 - 2015 period Golden A' Street Furniture DesignAward Winner.

Interview with Marco Manders at Friday 15th of May 2015: FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design? MM : Everyone knows tulips. They are the jewels amongst our flowers, a great joy to many of us. A typical Dutch icon. Tulips are a great inspiration to many artists and designers, including me. And I want to sit on a clean and dry seat in the public space. Because of this interesting feature, the design prevents the Tulpi from being exposed to outside elements like rain, bird droppings or leaves. .. FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve? MM : The main focus in designing Tulpi-seat was to realize a more attractive streetscape, bring more fun and colour into public spaces. I wanted to achieve, create eye-catching landmarks and bring Art and Design into public spaces. Accessible to a large audience .. FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design? MM : Besides generating more sales for Tulpi-seat. I am now in the process of creating an upholstered indoor version Tulpi-seat-Chill for consumers and office furniture projects. And designing Tulpi-seat-Shine for Art projects such as Amsterdam Light Festival and Holland Pavilions ..