Designer Interview

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Interview with Yi-Sin Huang at Sunday 18th 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?
YH: In order to solve more issues which appear in the current productions, I like to observe and modify it. It is always feel good to break all of issues we have found in current productions and to make it better.

FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
YH: Create more goods to make our life more convenient.

FS: What is "design" for you?
YH: Make our life better.

FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
YH: Create the things to solve the problems and to present a new function and a new value upon people's life.

FS: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
YH: Any designs can make our life better are my favorites.

FS: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
YH: Bicycle.

FS: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
YH: Metal, carbon, and wooden are my favorite materials.

FS: When do you feel the most creative?
YH: When attend into the exhibition.

FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
YH: Safety and useful are two aspects I focus more during my designing.

FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
YH: Mostly, I keep careful emotion when I design.

FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
YH: When my designs are realized, I always feel released and joy.

FS: What makes a design successful?
YH: Present a life and a meaning into a project.

FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
YH: Every time after judging, I do review my project as a whole again no matter is good or bed.

FS: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
YH: Make the project to live with our environment is the responsibility of a designer.

FS: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
YH: The design field is evolving with the new needs. And every one can be the designer because we all know very well what we expect.

FS: When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
YH: 2014 IF IBDC Professionals online exhibitions all over the world. I would like to make most of designs I have now to be real and then to hold the exhibitions in locally Italy.

FS: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
YH: Daily experiences.

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?
YH: Rational and simplify.

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?
YH: Morality and virtue of Taiwan cultural are affects to my designs.

FS: How do you work with companies?
YH: Trust and mutual assistance are main keys to achieve our goal when I work with companies.

FS: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
YH: Respect each other's point of view and design professional knowledge.

FS: Can you talk a little about your design process?
YH: Observe, Analysis, Think, Make, Review, and Remake.

FS: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
YH: Water tap, Book shelve, Furniture, Chair, and Telephone.

FS: Can you describe a day in your life?
YH: Thinking, Observing, and Making.

FS: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
YH: Making various, thinking different, reviewing, and exercise.

FS: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
YH: Humble and progressive are positives thinking of being a designer. And self-centered and ignore the real needs are negatives behave of being a designer.

FS: What is your "golden rule" in design?
YH: Take it easy.

FS: What skills are most important for a designer?
YH: Careful and serious mind are most important skills for a designer.

FS: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
YH: Machinery design books are very useful tools for my design work.

FS: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
YH: Schedule my daily tasks.

FS: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
YH: 3 to 6 month.

FS: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
YH: What is your design inspiration of your designing?

FS: What was your most important job experience?
YH: Make samples and test samples.

FS: Who are some of your clients?
YH: Everyone can be my clients.

FS: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
YH: I enjoy doing any type of design works because it helps my thoughts to be realized.

FS: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
YH: Plan to check out all of good designs all over the world.

FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
YH: I develop my own designs.

FS: Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
YH: Yes, and will update it in Karl H Studio web when is ready.

FS: How can people contact you?
YH: Via E-mail or FB or other social net work.

FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
YH: Not specific.

FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.

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Designer of the Day Interview

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Interview with Yi-Sin Huang at Sunday 18th of March 2018

FS: Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
YH: Almost 10 years experienced working as a designer. Previous experiences were related in machinery and product development. Finally, I built up my own company , STARTS JUMP CO., LTD. to fulfill my dream work.

FS: How did you become a designer?
YH: I like to build up things by my own hand.

FS: What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
YH: Capable of mechanical structure design and metal processing process.

FS: Which emotions do you feel when designing?
YH: Peaceful

FS: What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
YH: Mechanical design engineering background

FS: What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
YH: Experiences were related in machinery and product development. Creating a product to the users them to directly operate and feel it has always been my dream and original goal.

FS: What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
YH: Do it by hand before making a drawing

FS: You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?
YH: Think wide but keep simple on the product

FS: What is your day to day look like?
YH: Experience the different things from the different field

FS: How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?
YH: To look at the point on what really matters

FS: How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
YH: Things to make our life better then it is good design

FS: How do you decide if your design is ready?
YH: When I think it is time to hear people's response

FS: What is your biggest design work?
YH: bicycle

FS: Who is your favourite designer?
YH: Dieter Rams

FS: Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
YH: Not to judge and do not picky. Religion in Buddhism

FS: Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy?
YH: Humble & honest

FS: What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?
YH: To make more useful project loop up into the society

FS: What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?
YH: Experience

FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.

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