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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Manuela Hardy (MH) for A’ Design Award and Competition. You can access the full profile of Manuela Hardy by clicking here.
FS: Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?
MH: I`ve always enjoyed crafting, since I was a kid. When my parents could`nt afford the toys I wished for, I sometimes made similar toys myself. I loved to sketch inparticular plans. That`s how I knew I someday wanted to be an architect & deisgner.
FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
MH: Currently I am a freelancer and mostly do designwork in my sparetime, not as something I need to depend on. It makes my work even more enjoyable.
FS: What is "design" for you?
MH: I like to think of it as something beautiful that is beyond what needed. At the same time it is very needed and important. I believe that beautiful surroundings do an important impact on people.
FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
MH: Furniture and housing.
FS: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
MH: I love most of the designs of Arne Jacobsen. I love the organic forms that fit into most interiors.
FS: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
MH: Logodesign.
FS: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
MH: I like sustainable use, aluminium and Wood.
FS: When do you feel the most creative?
MH: Around spring. That is the time it gets much lighter in Scandinavia. I also feel creative when I am with people who have the same interests.
FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
MH: The visuality is important to me. It comes over function.
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
MH: All kinds. I do a lot of thinking and my feelings affect the design.
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
MH: I feel proud, happy and thankful.
FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
MH: The visual aspects and also the functionality and that it is original.
FS: What skills are most important for a designer?
MH: To be able to see Things and possibilities before they are realized.
FS: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
MH: It Depends on the size of the project and also on how inspired I feel. It could take from a week to a year or more.
FS: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
MH: At the moment I am busy being a mother for my 3 kids that are still pretty Young. But in the future I would love to design both furniture (maybe also other products) and architecture.
FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
MH: I mostly work by myself.
FS: Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
MH: Not at the moment.
FS: How can people contact you?
MH: They could email me.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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