Interview with Sameh Ibrahim Emam

Sameh Ibrahim Emam ("SIE") interviewed on Sunday, 14 May.

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

SIE : I studied architecture design at Future University in Egypt, and I learned how to respect nature and to deliver comfort to the client, it was my inspiration to work and design for awareness of natural problems and to spot the light on all these dangerous effects of human behavior on nature.

How did you become a designer?

SIE : When I was in elementary school I had many games in which you must design and build creative products through many modular units like (LEGO) sets, then I develop this skill through my continuous watching for architectural icons, and after graduation, I began to develop many concepts for furniture as it was easy to model and very powerful for its impression on users.

What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?

SIE : My priorities are the Client’s comfort, Nature rescores, and Function. I began by thinking about the concept for the design as it is the essential process to ensure the product’s elegance, then I started to sketch it and the modeling and rendering.

Which emotions do you feel when designing?

SIE : In the beginning, it’s the most exciting phase... It goes like this: what it will look like? How can I achieve this? Then it is the most beautiful feeling when I finish as it is the pure sense of creation.

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

SIE : Care for others and being so sensitive, by using these aspects I manage to put myself in the user’s shoes and evaluate my design well.

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

SIE : I want to be remembered as the designer of gamified products as it could be a global market in the future.

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

SIE : Stick to your dreams always, and of course, be humble and care for people and nature, people are the target audience for your work and nature is the true master which we all learn from.

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

SIE : Don’t let anyone to take your dream from you

What is your day to day look like?

SIE : It’s like a journey in which I learn something new every day, I began my day with a quick look at the latest architectural works and forms, then I go to my university to teach my students what I’ve learned and that’s where all the excitement is. That look inside their eyes.

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

SIE : I always search and keep following up on all the latest trends in design, the matter of following them or not depends on these trends.

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

SIE : Are users happy with it? is its message delivered? and the function must work perfectly!

How do you decide if your design is ready?

SIE : When it satisfies me, and I am a very hard person to be satisfied

What is your biggest design work?

SIE : My next one, I keep telling myself that in every project to keep improving

Who is your favourite designer?

SIE : my future self... I found this work as my always inspiration

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

SIE : Italy, Como is a very inspiring city

Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy?

SIE : I always prefer to work alone, but when I work in a team I really focus on how to give the best in my work for my own benefit and also for the group’s benefit.

What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?

SIE : I can give the community my study of architecture and design, in my opinion, everyone must have the essence of design even if he is not a designer, because we all have the potential for creativity and creation, and that’s what I do in my work as Teaching staff in the university

What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?

SIE : I had a big influence on my designs and work Being very famous in my university Improves my output at all levels

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