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Viktor Kovtun press kit showcases Viktor Kovtun's latest designs, interview with Viktor Kovtun and a detailed profile of Viktor Kovtun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Viktor Kovtun Press Kit Contents• Designer Profile: Viktor Kovtun
Furniture of positive emotions Commode High-Resolution Photos![]() Furniture of positive emotions Commode by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Furniture of positive emotions Commode - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Furniture of positive emotions Commode designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Furniture of positive emotions Commode design
Flying Table home and office furniture High-Resolution Photos![]() Flying Table home and office furniture by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Flying Table home and office furniture - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Flying Table home and office furniture designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Flying Table home and office furniture design
Two in One Chair High-Resolution Photos![]() Two in One Chair by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Two in One Chair - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Two in One Chair designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Two in One Chair design
UFO table High-Resolution Photos![]() UFO table by Viktor Kovtun ![]() UFO table - Viktor Kovtun ![]() UFO table designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun UFO table design
Minimum Table High-Resolution Photos![]() Minimum Table by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Minimum Table - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Minimum Table designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Minimum Table design
Deco cupboard High-Resolution Photos![]() Deco cupboard by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Deco cupboard - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Deco cupboard designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Deco cupboard design ![]() Deco cupboard Viktor Kovtun
Egg High-Resolution Photos![]() Egg by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Egg - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Egg designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Egg design ![]() Egg Viktor Kovtun
Loop Chair High-Resolution Photos![]() Loop Chair by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Loop Chair - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Loop Chair designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Loop Chair design ![]() Loop Chair Viktor Kovtun
shark High-Resolution Photos![]() shark by Viktor Kovtun ![]() shark - Viktor Kovtun ![]() shark designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun shark design ![]() shark Viktor Kovtun
dog High-Resolution Photos![]() dog by Viktor Kovtun ![]() dog - Viktor Kovtun ![]() dog designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun dog design ![]() dog Viktor Kovtun
good morning High-Resolution Photos![]() good morning by Viktor Kovtun ![]() good morning - Viktor Kovtun ![]() good morning designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun good morning design ![]() good morning Viktor Kovtun
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maidan table High-Resolution Photos![]() maidan table by Viktor Kovtun ![]() maidan table - Viktor Kovtun ![]() maidan table designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun maidan table design ![]() maidan table Viktor Kovtun
Sputnik table High-Resolution Photos![]() Sputnik table by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Sputnik table - Viktor Kovtun ![]() Sputnik table designed by Viktor Kovtun ![]() Viktor Kovtun Sputnik table design ![]() Sputnik table Viktor Kovtun Viktor Kovtun High-Resolution Photos![]() Available Downloads (Requires Login & Press Accreditation) : · High-Resolution Image: 1800 x 1800 pixels, 244.78 KB. · Unmasked Image: 710 x 710 pixels, 56.28 KB.
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Designer InterviewInterview with Viktor Kovtun at Saturday 17th of March 2018 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? VK: I have mutually worked as a designer and at the main work. The design has helped me in my main work. The clients always want something new from me. I never think about becoming a designer. It comes by itself. FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio? VK: Not a big production workshop, which fulfills the wooden interior works FS: What is "design" for you? VK: All life, surrounding us, but the most great designer is the nature. FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most? VK: Everything come into mind. FS: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it? VK: the design for me is interesting in the process of creation and after that It becomes usual and not interesting, as a new design comes to take the place of the previous one, and so on. FS: What was the first thing you designed for a company? VK: I do not remember FS: What is your favorite material / platform / technology? VK: Anything FS: When do you feel the most creative? VK: In the evenings and nights FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing? VK: Good emotions FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design? VK: Inspiration FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized? VK: I think about next design FS: What makes a design successful? VK: Love of life and intuition FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first? VK: Allurement and convenience FS: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment? VK: Positive emotions and minimal load on nature FS: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design? VK: We are surrounded by the nature design or the design, created by the mankind. The design in the future will be more closer to the nature, which in the time when it has no style will have a lot of styles. FS: When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition? VK: 2009, Kiev FS: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations? VK: It is very hard to explaine, as it is my internal world. 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? VK: The design shall bring joy and by this I explaine the Xo-Xo-L design style. 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? VK: Ukraine. My designs are partially affected by the ultural heritage. The life of people in this coutry brings me ideas for design. FS: How do you work with companies? VK: Calmly FS: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer? VK: I really do not know FS: Can you talk a little about your design process? VK: In the evening at the sofa using the pencil and notebook FS: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home? VK: I do not have anything favorite at my home FS: Can you describe a day in your life? VK: I work from 09.00 till 18.00 and at the evening, at home, I work on my designs. FS: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers? VK: during the design, one shall simultaneously think about the production technology. FS: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer? VK: I am not a professional designer FS: What is your "golden rule" in design? VK: Without brakes FS: What skills are most important for a designer? VK: Knowing the delicacies of the technology FS: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.? VK: pen, clear paper and PC FS: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time? VK: Never takes a lot of time FS: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end? VK: from one to four evenings FS: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer? VK: I am not a professional designer FS: What was your most important job experience? VK: It is hardly to me to answer this question FS: Who are some of your clients? VK: Restaurants, private clients, port plant FS: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why? VK: It is intuitively, I do not know why FS: What are your future plans? What is next for you? VK: What God will write FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself? VK: Myself or with the assitence of my son Yuriy FS: Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about? VK: I make single elements FS: How can people contact you? VK: xo-xo-l@ukr.netpaka@ukr.net FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions? VK: I am as I am FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you. A' Design Award & Competition grants rights to press members and bloggers to use parts of this interview. This interview is provided as it is; DesignPRWire and A' Design Award & Competition cannot be held responsible for the answers given by participating designers. Designer of the Day InterviewInterview with Viktor Kovtun at Sunday 18th of March 2018 FS: Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator? VK: The strangest thing is that I have never worked as a designer, it's more the style of my life the last six years.My education is not related to the design of furniture.I studied the design myself - with the help of books and the Internet.I did not work with well-known companies.Just in my workshop, we often use my design when working with private clients and businesses. FS: How did you become a designer? VK: My path in design is not quite normal.I have two educations. That is, I have a diploma of a civil engineer and a diploma of a lawyer.But in recent years I have been running a small carpentry workshop.In this workshop, I constantly developed some new pieces of furniture.Already in adulthood my friend advised me to make an exposition to an exhibition in Kiev.This was in 2009. After the exhibition, my exposition was stolen. After that I did not design for 2 years. But still in 2011, rather intuitively, I sent my projects to the A’ Design Award competition, where these works received a positive evaluation.For me it was unexpected, but very nice.At all it was an internal drive to do good by good design. FS: What are your priorities, technique and style when designing? VK: My priority in design is first of all simplicity, following nature and searching for elegant technical and technological solutions.In many ways my design is intuitive. In the search for a visual or technological solution, I first make sketches, then either I do the drawings in AutoCAD, or we make a prototype according to the sketches. Models I do not do, because we start to make the product only after I am sure that this product is good. FS: Which emotions do you feel when designing? VK: When designing, I experience only positive emotions.The most exciting emotions arise when I find a simple and elegant solution in terms of design and technology.For me, it's important that the product evokes positive emotions and even laughter. FS: What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer? VK: I believe that in order to make a good design, one must be keen on different types of art, culture and technology.I was influenced by painters - Impressionists, Surrealists.I really love the creativity of such designers as Arne Jacobsen, Carlo Mollyno, Charles Ormand Eames & Ray Eames, Verner Panton:Of course, I was greatly influenced by well-known architects, especiallyRichard Fuller.I also think that I am very much helped by the skills of a civil engineer and the constant desire to find non-standard solutions. FS: What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project? VK: It so happened that in 2016 I developed and patented two connectors. Both connectors are designed to create a hexagonal morphological structure. One connector for furniture, another connector for dome and other curved buildings. That is, the connector allows you to implement projects in both design and architecture.I dream to create domed domes of any shape and to produce a flexible system of furniture elements that is based on honeycomb structures. FS: What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career? VK: I would give some advice to young designers.Obviously with the question "what" you should ask yourself the question "how".That is, is it possible to do this, is it technologically feasible, how simple and safe is it for a customer? And still very important aspect: your products should cause cheerful feelings at the consumer. FS: You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects? VK: I do not consider myself a successful designer.Unfortunately, in Ukraine, I encounter an absolute lack of understanding. But my attitude to this is philosophical. and I do not see in it this negative.In the end, a cool design that is needed and interesting to people is much more important and significant than temporary priorities.But one of the main qualities of the designer is patience and perseverance.Often you can not find the perfect solution to a creative task, society is often stereotyped in its majority. Novelty and unusualness can cause misunderstanding and even irritation. You must be ready for this and persevere in realizing your ideas. After all, the realization of your beautiful idea will still be your reward and recognition, let it be even a little later. FS: What is your day to day look like? VK: In my usual work day, I work in my small carpentry workshop.That is ordinary everyday life. It takes a lot of time to search for orders.In addition, every morning we in the workshop solve the current technical problems. The fact is that our orders are never repeated, and every time I develop both manufacturing technology and the project itself, if this is not a ready project from the customer.But any minute I switch to my favorite creative tasks. This is a habit, developed by years of experience.But of course, the main time for design is the evening after work and the weekend. FS: How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter? VK: I do not really follow the trends of design, although I regularly review the news of design on the Internet.Since my design is largely intuitive, then just follow the fashion trends is not obtained.Inspiration for me is first of all nature. I'm a supporter of bionic design. FS: How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design? VK: To appreciate the design, you must first of all know the history of design, constantly interested in new design developments.Because you can say "yeah" it's cool, and then discover the same product in the 1960 design book.But in general, you must trust your intuition and your knowledge of the matter. FS: How do you decide if your design is ready? VK: I decide whether my project is ready when both intuition and knowledge prompt that further changes will be superfluous.It is necessary to strive for an ideal solution, and the ideal solution is always the simplest.That's how nature teaches us. FS: What is your biggest design work? VK: My biggest work is yet to come. And it is connected with cellular design and with cellular architecture.It really will be a difficult job, but I'm happy that I can offer one of the simple solutions to the long-term direction of our activities. FS: Who is your favourite designer? VK: My favorite designer is Arne Jacobsen.If I were given a chance to talk with a single dead designer, I would have talked to him.I most admire many great people in different spheres of our life.These are Salvador Dali, Renee Magritte, Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Norman Foster, Guenther Meyer, Philippe Starck, Ilon Mask, Mark Twain, Werner Panton, Carlo Mollyno, Peter Kandinsky and so on. FS: Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture? VK: I would not want to talk about myself.Yes, I like very different music - rock, classics, jazz, and alternative music. I can not listen to pop music and disco music.I do not like cities and I prefer to be outdoors.Now I'm working on realizing my bionic vision of design and architecture. FS: Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy? VK: I think it's not very easy to work with me.I am more a loner than a supporter of collective decisions.It is enough for me that a person should be honest, interesting and ready for change.I have a small team. We work together for a long time. I really respect those people who work in my workshop.They often joke: to work with Viktor, the main thing is not to be surprised at anything. FS: What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect? VK: Unfortunately, in our country right now is a war, so I think that the question is a public charity only after the war. FS: What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award? VK: The participation in the A’ Design Award competition was very important for me.First, it is the recognition of my work by world-class professionalsIt gives both confidence and inspiration.A lot of positive emotions are given during the A’ Design Award award ceremony.Unforgettable impressions remain after communication with colleagues and co-thinkers from different countries.And also I feel a feeling of great gratitude to the organizers of the A’ Design Award competition. FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you. A' Design Award & Competition grants rights to press members and bloggers to use parts of this interview. This interview is provided as it is; DesignPRWire and A' Design Award & Competition cannot be held responsible for the answers given by participating designers.
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