Tatiana Garcia, born in Ecuador on 12 February 1987, and Nicolas Boon, born in Luxembourg on 28 November 1983, are two designers based in Luxembourg. They met while studying in Brussels, where they did a Master at the Institut Supérieur Libre des Arts Plastiques - ERG (Ecole de Recherche Graphique) Saint Luc. Their professional experience began in Brussels and continued in Luxembourg. They set up Omecara in 2014 an award-winning design studio. Tatiana Garcia and Nicolas Boon are both graphic designers, so it's natural that their collections lie somewhere between design, graphic design, architecture and art. This shared passion has led them to adopt a truly interdisciplinary approach to their creative process, in which imagination and intuition play a fundamental role.They seek lasting partnerships with like-minded companies who are equally passionate and committed to the pursuit of exceptional quality.
Tatiana & Nicolas Boon ("T&NB") interviewed on Tuesday, 14 June.
T&NB : I founded the studio in 2014 at the age of 29. We work as a team of two, my wife and myself. In the beginning the studio was specialised in communication, graphic design, typography, graphic identities, branding and web design. Over the years our expertise has grown, allowing us to combine disciplines and offer clients relevant and comprehensive creative solutions. In the last two years we have developed the product and interior design segment. That is why we are very happy to have won an award in this discipline within two years. For us, this is like a new chapter in a book whose history is constantly being written. Today, the studio is truly multidisciplinary and can meet the most demanding requirements with a 360° vision for our clients.
T&NB : I have always been attracted to creation, I like the fact that it implies an intellectual and formal research that claims the elaboration of a multitude of possible structural combinations, like a puzzle whose answer translates into a form that answers all the necessary claims and qualities. I like the relationship between disciplines and making them coexist within a creation. It develops the coherence of their history and their materialist force. I find it fascinating how an idea, a sketch, becomes concrete as it goes along and finally materializes in a creative process, a working methodology. I love the suggestive power of an object that succeeds in taking us on a journey through a multitude of suggestive messages, in telling a story or in awakening something intimate and subjective in us. It is precisely these intrinsic qualities that I am looking for in art, architecture or design. I love it when an object becomes a historical relic, a favourite.
T&NB : Our design work is not defined by a single project or style, it is the diversity of subjects that forges the identity of the studio and allows us to provide unique and relevant solutions to each project. The intuitive relationship plays a fundamental role during the design process, as it will have already preformed the original idea. Even if form and function are at the origin of the concept and define an object, I still believe that a non-functional, useless object that arouses pure emotions develops a certain form of useful uselessness in spite of itself. It is precisely at this point that design flirts with art because it develops emotional and intellectual narrative qualities. This poetic and narrative force of design gives it its soul. The keystone in my eyes remains the playful aspect, a game of the mind, a journey into a world where our perception is not that of the informed adult but that of an inexperienced child whose mind reveals the magic in everything. Thus the object reveals a new experimental dimension and plays with the imagination of its spectator. Depending on the project, the methodology used can change significantly. Each design goes through reflection, research and sketches. For printed graphics, the paper medium will be a central element that must be chosen with care in order to sublimate the printing techniques used. For product design the choice and interaction of materials, colours and the place of the object in the space plays a very important role.
T&NB : The most exciting phase is when you are about to finish the plans for production because it confirms that the object has passed all the selection criteria that will allow it to have coherence. I also like the freedom that you feel at the very beginning of the creation because the sketch is "still" free of constraints and remains a free act. There is something enjoyable about creation because you go from an idea to something concrete, tangible, you materialise the immaterial.
T&NB : I founded the studio in 2014 at the age of 29. In the studio we decided to work as a couple, my wife and myself. In the beginning the studio was specialised in communication, graphic design, typography, graphic identities, branding and web design. Over the years our expertise has grown, allowing us to combine disciplines and offer clients relevant creative solutions. In the last two years, we have naturally turned our attention to product design, while at the same time correlating it with graphic design. Today, the studio is truly multidisciplinary and responds to the most specific requests. We have several works in progress: rugs, armchairs, stools, screens, lighting, benches and fonts.