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.
: Our firm has designed exhibition booths around the world and everytime after only 4 days of pristine exhibition all of them are dismantled and discarded as waste material. We always think this is such a waste of resources so when we were contacted by our client to design a booth for the Shanghai Design Week 2018 we decided to use as much recycled material as possible while also donating parts of the design to interested parties to take away after the show was finished.
: Our mission was to create a booth that uses as much recycle material as possible while still retaining a pleasing and innovative design aesthetic. That is why when sourcing material around china we came across a dead birch collection depot and we decided to use some of the tree scraps for our design before they are discarded into landfills or burnt.
: Our firm has always work with using recycle elements and material for design so this is a standard process we will employ with many future designs.
: Idea conception to built took around 3 months.
: It was commissioned by a client of us with blank canvas on design execution.
: The design is a one off concept but can be adapted to many situations or projects. So we are happy to discuss further to adapt this concept.
: As a lover of nature i see our environment being eroded year after year, especially many places i visited since my childhood does not resemble any traces of their past beauty. This made me started my firm to be entirely focus on environmental or biophilia designs.
: Actually my wife and my new born was my biggest inspiration as my wife has always been my muse in many of our nature adventures and my new kid was a catalyst for me to consider designing projects that can improve the health of the planet. I don't particularly like to look or be inspired by other designers as i try to keep my work as original as possible.
: I suppose people who appreciate innovative aesthetics, a sense of sculptural quality in design as well as anyone who want to preserve our environment.
: As far as we know not many exhibition booth designs employ as much time and effort in the the execution of sustainable and recycle material as they usually only last for 3-4 days.
: Since we are recycling discarded materials and objects for the design, i see it appropriate to made up a new word for this concept call RE-Life. It is a tribute to the idea that all objects , even discarded, when use wisely and creatively, can transform into something artistic and pleasing for the masses.
: AUTOCAD, 3D Studio Max, 3D printing
: The reverse suspension of 35 dead birch tress, painted in low emission white paint to recreate the light filtration aesthetic of foliage covering in a forest.
: We work with several contractors for the execution and engineering of the booth design.
: I think this design is more "Anti-Technology"
: No we did not use any data research, only our optical observation on what we can re-use!!!
: The main challenge was trying to find the correct birch trees and recycled steel beams for the construction of our booth.
: We have been regular participants on many design awards as it is a great tool for marketing and networking. A Design Award being my annual submission schedule for all my new designs!
: I think it is not just an award that make you improve but what you encounter in everyday situations that drives you to make the design/product better. We get many opinions and feedback from industry insider as well as clients and we always take this to improve our work. It is a never ending pursue in perfection that creates this drive for improving.
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