We, as the Designer Interviews ("DI") had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to interview award-winning, most creative and innovative Il Won Lee ("IWL").
He is an electronics engineer, programmer and designer. Also he is an very passionate audiophile. Without the passion of audio, he would never consider designing of audio equipment, his first designed product was a world first product which never came out into real world at that time, only his own technology made it real and it was completely hit world widely. Until now, this technology is developing under his own technology and nobody can't chase it up, he should be proud of it by himself.
Il Won Lee Designs
We are pleased to share with you original and innovative design work by Il Won Lee.
Designer Interview of Il Won Lee:
DI: 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?
IWL : Great design products, Buildings, paintings made me become an designer.
DI: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
IWL : SOtM is high performance audio manufacture. Made various audio products.
DI: What is "design" for you?
IWL : Design is key to open human mind.
DI: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
IWL : Products design.
DI: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
IWL : Model name is mDAC-2v. it is audio component for desktop audio system.
DI: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
IWL : Aluminum.
DI: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
IWL : Outline design and placement of design elements.
DI: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
IWL : Combination of all design elements.
DI: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
IWL : it must focused there function.
DI: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
IWL : From the functional of design product.
DI: 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?
IWL : My design style is modern, functional and as simple as possible.
DI: 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?
IWL : South Korea. Yes. our country cultural heritage affects my design.
DI: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
IWL : Company have to help designer understand products functions, how to use.. that makes designer work better.
DI: Can you talk a little about your design process?
IWL : Study products functions, collect exterior component,
DI: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
IWL : Refrigerator, Cleaner, Bed, Sofa,
DI: Can you describe a day in your life?
IWL : So busy....
DI: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
IWL : Think as you are the design item, products user.
DI: What is your "golden rule" in design?
IWL : Make harmonious placement of all design elements.
DI: What skills are most important for a designer?
IWL : Imagination.
DI: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
IWL : i think about new design all the time.
DI: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
IWL : 1 Month to 3 Month.
DI: What was your most important job experience?
IWL : SOtM's high performance audio products design.
DI: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
IWL : High performance audio products. i am audiophile.
DI: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
IWL : Design high performance speaker system.
DI: How can people contact you?
IWL : ck210210@gmail.com or sotm@sotm-auido.com