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Interview with Kai Jen Hsiao |
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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Kai Jen Hsiao (KJH) for A’ Design Award and Competition. You can access the full profile of Kai Jen Hsiao 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?
KJH: Learning Architectural Education from childhood, interested in space shape, and gradually contact with interior design, to explore more interaction with people in space details Always hope to be able to provide professional technology to the public with space needs
FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
KJH: Space design pursues the balance of rationality and sensibility, and provides professional space design details based on the actual users, so as to gain the trust of the public
FS: What is "design" for you?
KJH: Modify and correct the user's questions, propose life style, and combine the two.
FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
KJH: Guest house. Hall space
FS: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
KJH: Don't over pack, simplify and follow the trend
FS: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
KJH: Space differentiation and smooth flow
FS: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
KJH: Metal and lighting effects
FS: When do you feel the most creative?
KJH: When traveling, observe the interaction between various spaces and people, which can always calm your mind and generate more design creations
FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
KJH: Whether it meets the needs of users, and the clear space division
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
KJH: Calm and independence
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
KJH: Peace of mind Unparalleled enthusiasm.
FS: What makes a design successful?
KJH: Intuition and the mentality of not giving up
FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
KJH: Whether the design is reasonable, is it inconvenient for the user or more convenient
FS: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
KJH: Aesthetic responsibility, will be beautiful creation to show the public. Environmental responsibility, with environmentally friendly and safe materials.
FS: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
KJH: Extreme quantification and extreme customization
FS: When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
KJH: Not yet
FS: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
KJH: Travel, read. More observation, more experience of different spatial feelings
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?
KJH: The lines are simple and have a high-level sense. Feel elegant and relaxed Observation and communication
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?
KJH: Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan has a diverse culture and different life styles. Their ideas and materials are often used as reference. The acceptability of the people is relatively high, and the gap between taste and aesthetics is very large. The general people have no idea about design and do not know what they want.
FS: How do you work with companies?
KJH: Assist in various space needs and become a space life consultant
FS: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
KJH: Always maintain good communication methods with designers, and flexible changes in operation modes meet everyone's different needs. Mainly choose designers who have the attitude of pursuing perfection and serious learning attitude
FS: Can you talk a little about your design process?
KJH: At the beginning, I wanted to create a fuzzy space between indoor and outdoor areas, so I used a relatively outdoor material. In addition, I wanted to create a warm fashion sense, so I wanted to mix different materials
FS: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
KJH: 1. Matching of windows and view. 2. Kitchen moving wire gauge. 3. Display of works of art in the display cabinet. 4. Relaxing atmosphere in the bathroom. 5. Creation of sleeping space in bedroom.
FS: Can you describe a day in your life?
KJH: Busy but full
FS: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
KJH: Keep the initial enthusiasm, not arrogant, always learn.
FS: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
KJH: Positive: can enjoy the picture realization in fantasy. Negative: when the brain doesn't stop.
FS: What is your "golden rule" in design?
KJH: Interesting interrelationship between spaces
FS: What skills are most important for a designer?
KJH: Listening and communicating
FS: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
KJH: Various colors of brushes. AUTOCAD. Tablet PC. Coffee
FS: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
KJH: Late at night is the best time to meditate, quiet and undisturbed.
FS: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
KJH: It depends on the difficulty of the case.
FS: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
KJH: Guess what the customer wants
FS: What was your most important job experience?
KJH: Site experience accumulationN
FS: Who are some of your clients?
KJH: Construction company, general residence, enterprise, exhibition hall and commercial design
FS: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
KJH: Hotel works can see many different designs
FS: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
KJH: Lead the work team to a more professional and high standard level. Let the client trust us completely
FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
KJH: Teamwork
FS: Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
KJH: There is currently a corporate headquarters design in the sky garden, looking forward to him becoming a special office space
FS: How can people contact you?
KJH: Website: www.dunyue.net Tel: 886225785816 Email: service@dunyue.net
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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