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Interview with Peng Xiaohua, Chen Qi, Deng Juan |
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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Peng Xiaohua, Chen Qi, Deng Juan (PXCQDJ) for A’ Design Award and Competition. You can access the full profile of Peng Xiaohua, Chen Qi, Deng Juan 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?
PXCQDJ: Art painting in high school, graduated from the Department of environmental design of Changsha University of technology in 2005; Want to be a designer of art and technology.
FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
PXCQDJ: Corporate culture; Design products.
FS: What is "design" for you?
PXCQDJ: Reasonable planning and careful planning It is also a humanistic creation activity.
FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
PXCQDJ: Folk houses built by Chinese people themselves.
FS: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
PXCQDJ: Highly humanistic and theory of objective method Scientific and reasonable layout and plan to jointly create.
FS: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
PXCQDJ: Teahouse space.
FS: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
PXCQDJ: Natural materials, Products with technology industry Easy to install, easy to build, sustainable and durable process.
FS: When do you feel the most creative?
PXCQDJ: After reading and walking.
FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
PXCQDJ: I pay more attention to volume, scale, light, air flow, force and energy, etc.
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
PXCQDJ: Jingyi, sensibility and rationality.
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
PXCQDJ: Review after pleasure.
FS: What makes a design successful?
PXCQDJ: Besides people, it's a team.
FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
PXCQDJ: Rationality.
FS: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
PXCQDJ: Protection and advocacy.
FS: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
PXCQDJ: 1. First of all, the use of elements and attribute categories, and then the development of society and human demands; 2. Learn from the past and adapt to the present, examine the shortcomings of the present and look back on the wisdom of the past. After the combination of the two, we advocate "great art" to let many people understand design
FS: When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
PXCQDJ: Autumn 2008 Shenzhen; 2025
FS: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
PXCQDJ: 1. Knowledge of regional culture and history and architecture; 2. Read more, watch more, listen more and do more； 3. Focus on nature.
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?
PXCQDJ: 1. With the main line of the story to produce the style of event collection; 2. Its own static and dynamic activity track; 3. Flexible and effective; 4. Relationship between events.
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?
PXCQDJ: 1. Shenzhen, China; 2. A very important link and proportion; 3. Advantages: long and splendid culture; Disadvantages: extensive and profound, it takes a lot of time to digest.
FS: How do you work with companies?
PXCQDJ: Daily management and design project performance.
FS: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
PXCQDJ: 1. The position of the design manager and the content interface of the work; 2. Talk to the designer.
FS: Can you talk a little about your design process?
PXCQDJ: Analysis, analysis, reanalysis.
FS: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
PXCQDJ: Tourist service center; museum; art gallery; Bookstore; teahouse.
FS: Can you describe a day in your life?
PXCQDJ: Always smile and calm.
FS: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
PXCQDJ: Learning and relearning; Walk, walk, walk.
FS: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
PXCQDJ: Advantages: strong analytical capability Disadvantages: insufficient toughness
FS: What is your "golden rule" in design?
PXCQDJ: The construction of China is integrated with the academic of Western architecture and design.
FS: What skills are most important for a designer?
PXCQDJ: Thought.
FS: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
PXCQDJ: Hand drawn; CAD; History, philosophy, geography, social sciences, design and other books.
FS: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
PXCQDJ: Specify the design time node of the specific project.
FS: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
PXCQDJ: 3-8 years.
FS: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
PXCQDJ: Is that reasonable? Is it so beautiful?
FS: What was your most important job experience?
PXCQDJ: Talk with the owner about the design project all night.
FS: Who are some of your clients?
PXCQDJ: Project development unit.
FS: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
PXCQDJ: 1. The conceptual part of architectural design, interior design and landscape design; 2. Can fully mobilize the ideological and logical.
FS: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
PXCQDJ: 1.Let the company have the temperament of brand; 2. More products and more competitions.
FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
PXCQDJ: The team and its own development and design coexist.
FS: Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
PXCQDJ: Recently, I have been designing several small landscape architectural projects in the park, which is very interesting. Because the dimension and angle of thinking have changed slightly, such as experience, participation, safety and comfort.
FS: How can people contact you?
PXCQDJ: Communication and company's official account.
FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
PXCQDJ: Nothing
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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