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Diffusion Functional Winter Boots by Wilson Hsu |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
WH: We believe rain boots are something everyone needs; therefore, we are dedicated to improve wearers experience and make people’s life better.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
WH: We want to create a stylish duck boots but still remain it's function.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
WH: Keep working on more good designs
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
WH: About six months
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
WH: It's because there're no many choices when it comes to suck boots, we want to create a special version of duck boots.
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?
WH: We have made samples of DIFFUSION, and we plan to sell DIFFUSION to international distributors, who are interested in our brand.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
WH: We want to prove even tropical countries can design good winter boots.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
WH: Me and my colleague worked as a team and we share the idea with each other.
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
WH: The people who want to try new things and tried of old traditional duck boots.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
WH: We are dedicated to improve wearers’ experience.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
WH: We want to emphasize the concept of equal allocation of energy. DIFFUSION here means the spread of energy.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
WH: 2D drawing, 3D modeling, injection,
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
WH: We made three circles perfectly connect to each other on the boot.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
WH: We work close with a very outstanding product team that helps us realize our work in a short period of time.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
WH: Modeling and Injection
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
WH: No
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
WH: The Shield made by EVA is hard to fit, so it must go through many test and adjust the shape.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
WH: We have strong faith on our design and we are willing to share our idea with the rest of the world.
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
WH: The way to do the combination between different materials on one upper.
FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
WH: No more, thanks!
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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