Microflat X Space Utility by HSIN-YU, HSIEH

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DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?

HH : Inspired by the game Tetris and its tile-matching/overlapping characteristics, interior spaces are designed to be fully integrated with one area to another, maximizing spacing utility and redefining the meaning of “big” and “small”

DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?

HH : Space utility can be maximized to enjoy aspects of a luxurious apartment.

DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?

HH : Better visibility and more design

DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?

HH : This consequentially gave the genesis of the interior space sharing design, in which spaces are interconnected with one another and different usage applications can be flexibly accommodated.

DI: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?

HH : self-produce

DI: What made you design this particular type of work?

HH : Create big space

DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?

HH : Design becomes more yuan

DI: Who is the target customer for his design?

HH : Space user

DI: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?

HH : Belong to using a unique space

DI: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?

HH : Micro is not defined

DI: What is the most unique aspect of your design?

HH : There is very little such thinking in Taiwan.

DI: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?

HH : Professional and technical personnel to participate together

DI: What is the role of technology in this particular design?

HH : Create big space

DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?

HH : according to the type of occasion. This redefines the traditional perspective of “space usage”, underscoring the flexibility of the interior.

DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?

HH : Because of the known limitations of micro-spaces, projecting and executing the blue print onto the available interior spaces proportionally with precision

DI: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?

HH : Expertise and technology and language