We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Vassilis Mylonadis about their original and creative Coaster design work. Vassilis Mylonadis is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original coaster works.
Vassilis Mylonadis ("VM") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Sousmotif Coaster. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
VM : In search for a new generation of souvenirs that would bring up hidden aspects of our history, I came up with Soumotif. It is a coaster which is inspired by the motif found on textiles produced by a traditional loom in Northern Greece. The motif from a textile, is transformed into a 3D object, which is brought into our everyday lives through a coaster.
VM : The idea that one coaster could be multiplied into two and also combine the two different materials or not into various combinations according to the user's aesthetics was very intriguing to me.
VM : The project started in March 2016 in Athens and finished in July 2016 in Athens.
VM : It was designed in collaboration with the platform “it’s all so souvenir to me” which aims to define the souvenir as a highly aesthetic object, overturning the folklore stereotypes and introducing a New Greek identity.
VM : At this point the design is self produced.
VM : It is a fuse of the french word sous verre and the word motif that it is inspired from.
