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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Marc Kelly (MK) for A’ Design Award and Competition. You can access the full profile of Marc Kelly 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?
MK: A love for all things creative from a very young age, I set my sights on becoming an artist from my farthest memories. I studied Art and Design in Irish Institutions before working with various creative companies in Ireland and the UK
FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
MK: Marc Kelly Sculpture is a small company base in rural county Monaghan, Ireland. The design studio is a hub of creative expression which flows into the workshop once designs are realised.
FS: What is "design" for you?
MK: Design is everything, everywhere, everyone
FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
MK: Sculpture
FS: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
MK: Conflict Sculpture, I sent this work forward to this competition as I felt it had very strong design characteristics and would be recognised for it.
FS: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
MK: A public Sculpture, 10ft high work made up of a stainless steel form mounted on a carved Limestone pillar.
FS: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
MK: Irish Limestone
FS: When do you feel the most creative?
MK: When in nature or in a city
FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
MK: form
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
MK: joy
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
MK: overjoyed, emotional
FS: What makes a design successful?
MK: understanding you ticked all the elements of your/ clients brief
FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
MK: how it speaks to you, what is the design expressing and how does it achieve this.
FS: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
MK: the responsibility is there to be respectful but be inspirational for generations to come
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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