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.
: To do a lot with air. To just push the thing to the minimum.
: I was looking for a way to make a synthesis of what a fountain pen has to be, at least, today.
: Its going into production as the Venvstas Carbon T fountain pen.
: It was a development of an earlier idea, so, can't tell. It was made in a brief period of time as it was initially a commission.
: Initially was a commission to make an important gift for professors of an architecture master school in Germany, eventually they couldn't face the costs of the project and the commission was doped. I took back the design and made it part of the Venvstas collection,with the intention of replacing a prior design that had very high manufacturing costs. This one was better suited for mass production.
: Right now Venvstas, a brand I co-own. We decided to put it on mass production.
: Initially a commission, they wanted this gift, but I saw the potential of the design to be in the Venvstas collection, as, its really a nice piece.
: No. The commissioner wanted a pen with a clip, which in the Venvstas final model is absent.
: It was designed with architects on mind, but, the target is anybody who wants a well designed pen, for writing or sketching.
: To my surprise, there are a lot of cylindrical pens on the market.......tons, but none like this one. Its just a couple of details that are making it unique.
: Carbon T, was just carbon technique. A technical pen in a way, its made of carbon fiber.
: a saw.......it was made on the spot.
: Although is such a small item, the open-close system. Its unique to this pen.
: Nobody really, but maybe the original client in a way, as he wanted a clip, and that was it. I couldn't adapt one to other existing designs, so this one was made to have a clip. Its a very simple question, but sometimes the client help by being very vague and not really knowing what to expect.
: New materials....working with composites.
: The clip, although its gone....it had to be integrated to the design. Some technical aspects about the construction of the object.
: The brand, Venvstas, its where this and other of my designs are residing. We started to get copied. Winning an award is a good way of setting a precedent, to let know that the product is out there. You cannot avoid being copied, and good stuff usually gets copied, that's the norm. This happens, but to be copied at the beginning can be a problem!
: I would say that I have finally learned to do with nothing. To strip things.
: no, not really, its just a pen.
