We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Yuichiro Katsumoto about their original and creative Computer Display design work. Yuichiro Katsumoto is an award-winning creative designer, that makes our world a better place with their original computer display works.
Yuichiro Katsumoto ("YK") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Hinemosu 30 Computer Display. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
YK : Creating ideas from prototyping and tinkering. To realise a concept in a simple way.
YK : I wanted to explore the expressive possibilities of banded objects and convey their beauty and interest.
YK : I would like to increase the size of the device and install it permanently in public spaces.
YK : I have been researching information presentation with linear objects since 2016. It was in 2021 that I realised the potential of strip-shaped objects, and it was in 2022 that the concept directly linked to this work was born.
YK : There was no client for this project. I was looking for expression by linear objects rather than point objects.
YK : I have not decided.
YK : Computers use pixels to present information, while humans use lines rather than dots to write and draw. Interested in this difference, I started working on using computers to control linear objects and present the information.
YK : The representation of information through material is one of the themes of the 21st century. It has been challenged by masters such as Daniel Rozin, Jurius Popp and Art+Com.
YK : I was making this work with the intention of communicating my findings to typographers and media artists.
YK : It differs from its predecessors in that it uses linear objects. Computing and digital ideas try to make all objects discrete. But perhaps because we humans value continuity, we prefer to metaphorise even life in terms of lines rather than dots. Lines are imbued with human feelings. If this is the case, computers should also be able to handle lines.
YK : The name of the work means 'from morning to night' in Japanese. The idea came from the way it is constantly changing.
YK : Anything I need.
YK : New and good. My work fuses research and design.
YK : For design, technology is like a car. If you drive well, you can go fast and far.
YK : I am constantly trying out materials, mechanisms, behaviour and shapes. For me, the trial and error itself is research, and the result of the research is the work.
YK : Materials and durability,
YK : I wanted to spread my findings to the public.
YK : It is a hard fun to struggle with materials and mechanisms that are unfamiliar to me. There were many first-time experiences in this time too and I learnt a lot.
YK : I always thank my family and friends.
