We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer about their original and creative design work. is an award-winning creative designer, that makes our world a better place with their original works.
("") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work . Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
: The aim was to produce a comfortable chair made from a great number of the same component, intention being to simplify the process involved in making an armchair. At the early stages my inspiration where geometrical shape that could potentially perform the task I wanted them to, then when I had a rough shape I was happy with my inspiration shifted to bird wings and Marilyn Monroe's white pleated dress.
: My main focus was to design a chair that is beautiful but yet comfortable within the restriction offered by the initial idea. The difficult part was to finalise the shape of the component, achieving an elegant and functional transition between the armrest to front leg and back leg to backrest.
: I would like to get it seen by as many people as possible; getting it into as many exhibitions and publications as I can with the aim to eventially sell it/several of them. I also intend to produce a few more which are slightly different from this one, the next one being made out of lipped and Veneered plywood.
: The main idea came fairly quickly, perfecting the shape of the component and the overall aesthetic and comfort took a bit longer. I'd say it took me working sporadically for a couple of months from beginning to end.
: In pursuit of an inspiration. It was an idea I had and I knew write from the start that it was worth pursuing. It was created as a speculative piece intended to further my portfolio.
: This design is neither being used or produced by other companies. I would consider selling or leasing the production rights but for the moment I intend to do the work myself or subcontract out if necessary.
: Furniture is an affordable and manageable vehicle for me to express myself at this stage in my life and explore the things I'm interested in. I am at the beginning of my career and I simply need to produce work, if I can work that impresses and sells itself.
: Well it's ended up being quite a flashy object that isn't cheap so I guess it's targeted to any homeowners and collectors alike.
: It's simplicity... I like to think.
: The name came from inspiration and resemblance to Marilyn Monroes white pleated dress in Billy Wilder's 'The seven year itch' 1955.
: Adobe Illustrator to finalise the shape of the component, adobe photoshop to visualise what it would look like if I was to add colour.
: It's rippling surface and the mesmerising shadow affect it creates.
: In this instance I used CNC technology to easily, accurately and quickly produces the same component over and over.
: No research was acctually conducted to produce this particular piece.
: The compromise between elegance and comfort. It is a very comfortable chair but quite a 'loungy' one. Having the backrest more upright meant that the back leg had to be too long and hit the ground at a too shallow angle. The shape of the component was entirely defined by it's relation with all the features of the chair (backrest, armrests, back legs, front legs). Deciding how it was all going to be fixed was also a challenge and spraying such a complicated object isn't easy either.
: I had never come across this competition before but it looked good and adequate. I also thought the prize was worth spending my money on.
: I learnt many things, especially when making it. It's not the most complicated object I've done so far but it had its challenges. I improved my understanding of its structural nature.
