We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Milda Vyštartiene about their original and creative Lamp design work. Milda Vyštartiene is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original lamp works.
Milda Vyštartiene ("MV") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Heaven Lamp. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
MV : Nowadays people are rushing everywhere, so they don't have time to maditate. They come back home all stressed, turn on the TV and just lay down... I wanted to change that. Lithuanian "Straw Gardens" were supposed to create a peaceful home environment and clean the house energy. I wanted to recreate this feeling and adapt it for a modern home.
MV : I was aiming for the perfect structure, because structure was very essential to "Straw Gardens". It consist of basic geometric forms which combined together to make a complex art piece. I wanted to make this lamp simple enough but elegant at the same time, so it could fit every interior solution.
MV : My plans are to make this design real. I want to create a whole lamp collection and sell it worldwide.
MV : It was on my mind for a couple of years now, but somehow I didn't have the time or enough skills to make this concept. But then when I got a bit older, learnt to use 3D modelling tools and realized that it's a chance in a lifetime and I have to take it before someone else does. My first step was to choose this idea for my MA degree project, so that I could start gathering info about "Straw Gardens". Now it's been almost a year since I started working on this concept.
MV : As I mentioned before, I wanted to recreate Lithuanian "Straw Gardens" but I wanted add them a modern look, so that they could suit a today's interiors. I have plenty of sketches which I will use for other Lamp Heaven design variations, but for this one particular time, I wanted to submit a more classical design.
MV : This design is not being produced, it is still in a concept level, but I hope, that winning A'Design Award & Competinion, will give me the apportunity to start the production. Today I don't have the resources to start my own company, so I intend to find sponsors or to lease the production rights.
MV : The most influence was from local folk artists, whose work I saw on the internet and at the museum of folk arts.
MV : I think the target customer may be a person who is stressed, doesn't have much time to meditate and needs something to help him relax.
MV : The main aspect is that this lamp is not just a structure around a light source, it emits light itself.
MV : The name "Heaven" is from the tree structures of "Straw Gardens": underground, earth and heaven. In Baltic pagan mythology, seeking a way to heaven is a way to happiness and peace. Heaven for pagans, is not a place where God lives, it is a place of peace and harmony with nature.
MV : Mainly I was using 3D modeling tools like 3ds Max and photo editing such as Adobe Photoshop.
MV : As I mentioned before, the unique aspect is that it can emit light from it's own, because of neon light strings which are placed inside the organic glass tubes.
MV : No, I haven't worked with anyone else. This concept is simple enough so I thought I could make it on my own.
MV : The only technology used in this design is electricity, which helps creating light.
MV : When I got the idea of the lamp, I really didn't know how to make it realistic. I had some sketches, bus it didn't look real. So I started learning 3D modelling, then later on I got a job at a design agency who is mainly working with architecture renders. So I think this new job gave me the biggest knowledge of 3D modelling, because of that I could make my lamp design real.
MV : I've always wanted to participate in such a competition since I started studying graphic design.
MV : I have improved my 3D modelling skills, also I've got to know more about my country's history and folk art.
