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Interview with Jin Woong Lee |
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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Jin Woong Lee (JWL) for A’ Design Award and Competition. You can access the full profile of Jin Woong Lee 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?
JWL: I never had any clear dream of what to become. I got lost quite hard at the beginning of high school, which is the real significant period until we take the National college entrance exam. It was then when my parents asked about becoming a designer. Maybe they recommend the field because I was always into crafting and drawing in my youth. I never thought of it as a real job or a career, but I still took the advice. I took it because it was the only path I wouldn`t dislike, but I got used to preparing for the art college exam. I felt that I was to do the product design after getting into university, after making my own objects.
FS: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
JWL: PRO-SP is a brand to makes space through products. Space is called SEOM, meaning Island in Korean.
FS: What is "design" for you?
JWL: To me, design is to realize a better experience.
FS: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
JWL: I want to experience designing products as various as they can be. Still, I like to design products used in a working space and products without using electricity (that can be solved more structurally.)
FS: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
JWL: Interaction, movement, form, material (focuses more in the following order.)
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
JWL: Delight, enlightenment, frustration.
FS: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
JWL: Feeling of "this is why I do design".
FS: What makes a design successful?
JWL: How much it can get empathized to.
FS: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
JWL: Neatness, Environmental aspect, maybe sales.
FS: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
JWL: To make products that someone wants to keep forever and to make products that can last forever, therefore, should have durability and can be replaced or repaired without difficulty.
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?
JWL: I connect the movement or shape that is from the main function of the product with aspects of natural objects.
FS: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
JWL: 1. Prism LED Stand LSP-M08_ Yellow 2. Starbucks SS Black Heritage Tucker Cold Cup 3. Calvin Klein Industrial Nylon Flatbag HH2393-032 3. Prism LED Stand LSP-M08_ Yellow 4. Polyhedron Stool 45
FS: What skills are most important for a designer?
JWL: Realizing technics.
FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
JWL: I develop my work by myself, but sometimes get help from others when I need hands.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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