We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Tamas Csiszer about their original and creative Eyewear Store design work. Tamas Csiszer is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original eyewear store works.
Tamas Csiszer ("TC") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Optika Di Moda Eyewear Store. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
TC : I always aim to design a perfect place in this consumer driven economy where the shop owner can build lasting relationships with their customers.
TC : I wanted to express the resonance of the surrounding's historical feeling through an original design combining old and new. My idea was to create a romantic but modern, contemporary design with the finest materials, simple forms and with beautiful illumination. My aim was not just to create a store for high end eyewears but an exclusive work of art.
TC : My aim is always and in the future as well to make the optic stores popular by an unconventional design showing that it can be attractive, comfortable, modern and friendly.
TC : It took 27 days to design this concept.
TC : This design was commissioned.
TC : My design is produced for this project.
TC : My commission was to design an attractive optical store. As for the location of the store, it is in the city center of the capital in Hungary, in a narrow street with historical listed buildings around. The street has special athmosphere with restaurants, wine bar, coffee shop, ice cream parlour, clothing store, all in Italian style. The buildings of this street are newly renovated keeping all the important historical elements on the facades. Regarding the design I wanted to ensure this conception at Optika di Moda, leaving and highlighting the building's original 19th century features, inside and outside as well. My aim was to create a space combining old with the new in an elegant way. I wanted to make appeared all the old elements as much as I could due to it's listed status.
TC : I wanted to incorporate this space to the atmosphere of the surrounds. The historical background of the building additionally inspired me.
TC : The owner of this eyewear store is from a famous optician dynasty. They sell luxurious high end eyewears. This store is a popular destination for sophisticated clients as well as local citizens accustomed to luxury and high quality treatments.
TC : This retail space is situated in a listed building of a historic district. I wanted to make entering people be touched by the historical feeling.
TC : The name Optika di Moda means fashionable optic store combining the hungarian and italian words. It indicates that the space and the eyewear frames follow the trends. As a designer I wanted to keep the 19th century architectural features but with a trendy and contemporary design.
TC : I wanted to create luxurious athmosphere with a little cozy living room ambiance. My aim was to design an overall balance with combining diverse materials.
TC : I incorporated a square glossy display cabinet which is a direct opposite of the arched brick walls. I experimented with matt and gloss finishes to lend a luxurious look to the space.
TC : This kind of work required people with technical specialized skills in connection with the construction. It needed statical examination for the ceiling concerning to the chandeliers and ventilation facilities.
TC : The plasterwork was completely removed to reveal the authentic arched brick ceilings. Then the walls underwent impregnation in order to strenghten and repair the sufaces for the future. Due to the limitations of working on a listed building, for the electric installation joints were removed in order to preserve the authentic bricks. I designed the display cabinets with a multi layered, high gloss paint finish. I prioritise not just nice but durable, resistant installation, so I choose the technology with responsibility.
TC : The eyewear store is located in a neoclassical building. I was collecting the main characteristics of this era, when I realized that the building was built by Matyas Zitterbach, a member of an architectural family, active during the 18th century, and studied in Italy. I preserved the main traits in my design as the grandeur of scale and the simplicity of geometric forms. The renowned Hungarian composer Ferenc Liszt called this place home during the 1870s.
TC : The main challange was creating a contemporary vision for a luxury store while respecting and maintaining the original architecture and heritage of the property.
TC : I like transforming things, giving beauty and value to a raw space. I like people who can dress the world in art.
TC : I improved myself by the historical details of the building.
