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Interview with Ahmed Ali |
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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Ahmed Ali (AA) for A’ Design Award and Competition. You can access the full profile of Ahmed Ali 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?
AA: Watching Manga cartoon gives me a dream to be an artist so I studied Applied Arts in Egypt.
FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
AA: I work at Al-Jazeera Media Network.The best thing in my work it is like a small world because it have too many people from many places with many different cultures.
FS: What is "design" for you?
AA: A smart way to look to the world around you.
FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
AA: Motion Graphics.
FS: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
AA: Computer.
FS: When do you feel the most creative?
AA: When I listing to music.
FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
AA: Colors.
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
AA: Happy.
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
AA: Also happy.
FS: What makes a design successful?
AA: Not to be boring.
FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
AA: Idea.
FS: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
AA: To gives them something relay good to make them work more to there society.
FS: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
AA: Going back to originality.
FS: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
AA: Design and motion design websites, like Behance.
FS: How would you describe your design style? What made you explore more this style and what are the main characteristics of your style? What's your approach to design?
AA: Attractive.
FS: Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?
AA: Qatar.
FS: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
AA: They have to trust there designers.They should choose the good eye designers with passion of dedication to their work.
FS: Can you talk a little about your design process?
AA: Always starting with pencil
FS: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
AA: Pencil, Camera.
FS: Can you describe a day in your life?
AA: Kids, Work, my wife and Nintendo Switch.
FS: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
AA: I am still learning.
FS: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
AA: The good and the bad thing is we have to do new things every time.
FS: What is your "golden rule" in design?
AA: Music is the soul of our desgins.
FS: What skills are most important for a designer?
AA: To be open to any new ideas.
FS: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
AA: Pencil, Adobe suit and Cinema 4D.
FS: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
AA: It's very hard to manage my time especially with my family :).
FS: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
AA: between 2 to 4 weeks.
FS: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
AA: Which plugins do I use for my work, but usually their is no plugins I like to do my work manually.
FS: What was your most important job experience?
AA: how to handle a full project with limited time-line.
FS: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
AA: Sketching.
FS: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
AA: I want to work with interactive real-time graphics.
FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
AA: Most of the time I work by myself.
FS: How can people contact you?
AA: By email or Behance account.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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