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("") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work . Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
: The form is inspired by tidal wave. In the meantime, the functionality is inspired by park bench slats.
: The main focus was to improve the first version I did and turn it into more commercial. Therefore, my aim was to design a unique coffee table with material and production process as cheap as possible.
: I will try to sell the design to a furniture company.
: I took around a week to design the first version, as the first version was for publishing related to Fuorisalone 2016, Milan. Then I redesigned and finished the current version in a week after the event, which took around a month for the whole design process discretely.
: I wanted to apply for the selection of a catalogue, Design for 2016 with new designs. Therefore, I created the first version, Wave ( (Please visit http://waihocheung.wixsite.com/waihocheung/wave for detail regarding the design). Afterwards, I wanted to develop the previous one into a more commercial way. Thus, Arctic was designed.
: It has not been produced or used by any company yet, only a prototype was produced by myself. However, I would like to sell the production rights to a furniture company.
: I am highly committed to developing a career in furniture design. Therefore, I always develop self-directed projects to fulfil my desire and to put my design concept and philosophy into practice.
: Unfortunately, there was no other designer got influence.
: The target customers would be people who love furniture in simple and contemporary style.
: I would say the simple and economy production process, under-estimated functionality and unique outlook with the dynamic waves are the factors set apart this coffee table from others.
: The current version was called Uphill originally. However, I thought the waves underneath looked like currents in ocean more than hills. Besides, in Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding colour and direction to Water element are black and north. Therefore, I renamed it as the largest ocean in the north, Arctic.
: I used pencils, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, my brain and my heart.
: Certainly, it would be the dynamic waves underneath which can generate a visual illusion that the still table appears as moving.
: From idea development to building up CAD model, I worked on my own at each stage and I appreciate Mr. Ip’s assist by giving technical advice.
: I would say that technology will be only involved during the production. This design does not contain any high technology.
: My design is not exactly influenced by any analytical research, just my limited knowledge of science and knowledge of I Ching (易經).
: The first version was designed with 3 types of materials, so the challenge was to reduce the types of material used, at the same time to keep the dynamic outlook and to emphasise it.
: I met a Dutch designer who won the gold award at A' Design and he recommended me to apply for it.
: The first version was an asymmetric design with one end opened; now Arctic is a combination with symmetric and asymmetric design elements, depends on the point of view.
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