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Loop Candleholder by Kazoo Design |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
KD: 1. An object that can support itself on three legs and is stable 2. Be made to look like it was made with a single stoke. 3 use an array of only one shape (the circle in this case)
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
KD: We wanted to make an object that looked like it was made with one stroke.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
KD: We are experimenting with different pigmenting techniques and color variations
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
KD: The design of this object didn’t take more than a few days. The most time was spent in designing the 5 part mold for it.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
KD: The project was an idea that came to mind and turned into a final product.
FS: 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?
KD: We are currently producing this item in our workshop.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
KD: The main driving force was to make a candleholder different from the majority of candleholders made for tall candles.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
KD: The Alessi Juicy Salif Citrus Squezzer designed by Phillipe Starck was most likely a reason to go with a three-legged object
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
KD: The target customer is people who love unique handmade, modern home decor items.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
KD: Probably the fact that we have a candleholder made for a tall candle, that’s short and broad.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
KD: The object can be seen a single stroke object resembling a loop. Usually when we think of a loop a circle comes to mind. The only difference here, is that we are talking about 4 interconnected circles instead of just one.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
KD: Softimage for designing the object as well as the molds and Zbrush for creating booleans.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
KD: Probably the height/width/length ratio of a candleholder designed to house a tall candle.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
KD: We worked on this project from start to finish.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
KD: The object and its’ mold were designed digitally and were then 3d printed.
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
KD: No it wasn’t.
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
KD: The biggest challenge was to design the object’s mold.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
KD: We decided to see what an international board of judges would think about this design.
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
KD: We definitely improved our mold-making skills and since then we’ve felt more confident in using a multi-part mold.
FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
KD: No. Thank you very much for the interview.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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