Interview with Arnošt Vespalec

Arnošt Vespalec ("AV") interviewed on Sunday, 18 March.

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?

AV : The first experience as a non profesional product designer was at my eight. I build a lot of space ships and tanks from LEGO. Now really... My work experiences a product designer is about 3-4 years. First work was to design desktop lamps, O-led holders for a VPS. electro company, and then designing for Workswell company. Now I am trying to study doctoral programme at Brno University of Technology. While I study I designing with my colagues some things, that will help people soon.

How did you become a designer?

AV : It just had happend.

What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?

AV : Widely open eyes, thinking, talking, sketching, modeling... I learned, that each design project needs it's own individual attitude. The most important thing is to know how to use and learn function of tools like pencil, software, brain, math, physics, geometry, etc:..., and you have to learn continuously new things every day.Designing process is a coctail of everything. You have rules, but you have to understand rules to make your own rules. So this is my priorities, technique and style in short.

Which emotions do you feel when designing?

AV : A lot of emotions at the point of equilibrium.

What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?

AV : Manual work at garden. The exploration of purity of nature systems and laws on my own eyes...

What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?

AV : I would like to go abroad and work some time with designers from other countries. But I don't think it's necessary for a man to be successful. Just have a dream and go after him.My goal is to design fair to nature, Earthlings, fauna and flora on this planet.

What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?

AV : Don't rush. Keep calm, dream and hard work.And, everything is possible :).

You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?

AV : Jacque Fresco, Don Norman, Victor Papanek... I won't tell you whom is the best to follow. You can follow a Bird, that builds his nest... And make many mistakes, without mistakes you only follow path, that is discovered

What is your day to day look like?

AV : I don't like routines. So I work every day in different way, and listening different music ;-).

How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?

AV : I don't thing about it this way. I just design by my own way, but It makes me pleasure to see creative work another designers around the world.

How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?

AV : Definition of a good design is, that many things such a main thought, involved people, manufacture, customers are on the same wave. So all of the main properities of design met in the right way.And every design has his own mistakes, that makes him unique essence. So the mistakes and thoughts that were spoken through them... that's it! And the perfect design isn't design because you are not able to see IT!

What is your biggest design work?

AV : I have no biggest or smallest design work. I have only design work.I would like to tell you more, but I can't tell either in general.

Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?

AV : Whole world and space inspire me. Every kind of culture, city ... you always find something different and interesting. It's hard to separate it.

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