We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Simina Filat about their original and creative Multifunctional Furniture design work. Simina Filat is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original multifunctional furniture works.
Simina Filat ("SF") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Ruumy Multifunctional Furniture. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
SF : Ruumy started from the idea of transforming a raw textile material into different shapes that surprised both the nature of the fabric and the nature of space, the architectural dimension and the function of furniture. Practically, clothing and space represent the everyday dimensions and necessities of each person, so I tried to capture through a single abstract gesture different hypostases of the body, the need for space and the need for clothing.
SF : I wanted to create a multifunctional object that is very closely related to the body, as clothing, and as a space of architecture. In this context, the focus was on the idea of flexible, interchangeable, modularity and the way in which these ideas can work and create new forms.
SF : This award gives me the opportunity to launch in an ample way this product on the international market
SF : It began with a research 2 years ago, followed by different concept sketches, layouts, samples, experiments, and co-creation workshops.
SF : It is a research that has begun in the academic environment as a preoccupation, following experiments, in the desire to create a product for a wider range of utilities
SF : Ruumy is a concept I want in a collaborative form. All the samples are produced in their own workshop, but mass production will be outsourced to a factory with production power.
SF : The product is aimed at a young audience in a continuous dynamic, and these features inspired me and made me create a product for this type of nomadic existence.
SF : When designing the concept I worked with several designers from different specialties, for the architectural dimension I worked with Phd. architect Emil Ivanescu and for clothing size I worked with PhD. designer Ioana Sanda Avram.
SF : The target segment is young people who live time periods in different places with nomadic experiences. Contemporary nomadic living involves the use of multiple-function objects, easy to carry, to assemble, to handle, to recycle.
SF : Ruumy directly combines functions from totally different areas, namely the clothing area, the body-protective coat, and the mobile architecture area, which is an extension of the body, is a tool.
SF : The project has the name Ruumy, a name composed of three words: room, roommates and Remy. Words explaining the three valences of this project: architecture, community and Remy, playful design, modulated, creative and direct with an open invitation to "co-creation" in this project.
SF : This project started with a research of future social trends, then various samples were made in the workshop, and social and co-creative experiments.
SF : The object can easily transform from architectural space into clothing, and at the same time it becomes a co-creation tool for the online community
SF : When designing the concept I worked with several designers from different specialties, for the architectural dimension I worked with Phd. architect Emil Ivanescu and for clothing size I worked with PhD. designer Ioana Sanda Avram.
SF : The digital side of the project involves creating communities using electronic communication technology. The online product platform is a cocreating platform, an interactive digital community. Ruumy also includes hand crafts, textile processing and woodworking.
SF : World population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050, according to a new UN DESA report, on this basis, our multifunctional product is a solution to reduce wood consumption for furniture and to also reduce the textile consumption used for clothing and handbags.
SF : To be able to design an object for so many functions while preserving its integrity, being an easy, flexible product, and responding to nomadism was not easy. All of his decomposition process required finding the best technological solution, not very expensive, and to have a certain aesthetic expression.
SF : I want the project, I created, to be exposed and analyzed in a professional environment and by a professional jury.
SF : This design was actually a research process, I started to discover different hypostases and respond to different challenges that I had to research, I deepen.
SF : We created this product for different market segments, from artsy style to nomad living, but I think the biggest challenge is to offer this product at a best price with the best quality for a segment market as wide as possible.
