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.
: I design it assuming suggestion to lead to the solution to social problem. Therefore, an existing concept has much inspiration. It sometimes appeals to the consciousness of the person; is suggested. I think that it is the first step to the better world to have you realize what many people catch as a matter of course again.
: It is that the main focus changes the resources that are not used into value. This is because a problem of the forestry is serious in Japan. A lot of conifers cannot use up the resources in Japan planted with a lot of trees. This is because imported wood is cheaper, and it can obtain it from the foreign countries in large quantities. That is why a felled tree is left. It is necessary to solve a problem immediately simply because it is a large quantity of resources occupying 66% of the country.
: I have not yet found the manufacturer of the product that I suggested. I find a manufacturer and must aim at the realization of the product. I develop the product variations and want to announce these as one brand afterwards. There are five variations of the product now.
: Only eight months have yet passed. I think that this is a start.
: I was consulted from a person of forestry directly. I went to the spot, and I felt the big problem realistically for the first time. A heap of with the charm nature became my inspiration while having the strong thought and problem of the person of forestry.
: The person who works on an environmental problem consciously. Or I target the commerce space that wants to create space organically.
: All the existing products are only the same form and feel of a material. However, all the products created from nature felt that it was not necessary to be the same. For example that a carrot sold in a supermarket does not have one same form. I thought that the characteristic produced special value in a user and decided the name of the product.
: Use up all the materials. And an identical product not made even if I follow the same process.
: If there was not the cooperation of the person of forestry, this project did not make ends meet. They offered materials. Furthermore, because I understood the present conditions of the Japanese mountain, I greatly contributed and was. And the Japanese engineer with a high technique cooperated with this project. I processed the tree that was not dry exactly. In addition, they gave various advices to me from the viewpoint of the processing method.
: I apply a Japanese high technique, and give value to Japanese materials.
: It was necessary to archive the kind of materials to find an appropriate use of the wood that was not used. And I studied a processing method of the wood that was not dry. I thought that the form of established wood was not good to use up the materials of an uneven shape. As a result, process of manufacture leaving organic form for was possible.
: Having chosen materials (conifer) that were not suitable for furniture as material. Having had a product with leaving organic form. Having applied a Japanese tradition technique to the decoration of the product and the improvement that were in a state.
: Because I thought that it was a chance to they understand an important problem of Japan into worldwide.
: I learned value of the suggestion to contribute to approach and the solution for the problem by this project.
