We, as the Designer Interviews ("DI") had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to interview award-winning, most creative and innovative Fabricio Ronca ("FR").

I believe we can change a society with design, bringing opportunities for people's cultural and financial growth and showing what is good, beautiful and durable. I began my life in the arts since I was a little kid when I went to my mamma's art school with her. From that moment I started to know and love painting, sculpture, music and architecture. the school building was a work of oscar niemeyer, and I grew up on that building, playing woodcut, painting, and other arts.

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Designer Interview of Fabricio Ronca:

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?

FR : When I was little my mother did fine arts and I attended school with her, I grew up in contact with painting, clay, woodcut and drawing, this connected me with the arts in a playful and natural way, I lived in Belo Horizonte, a city very rich in folklore and art, where many works by Oscar Niemeyer are, in the Pampulha Complex. It is a city very rich in art and music.

DI: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?

FR : Today I work at home where I have time to spend more time with my family, raise my daughter and have my moments of peace and rest. After the pandemic, a lot has changed, and I make the most of my days going to the gym, running, and traveling. I worked a lot with architecture, but now, i'm 100% in product design and furniture.

DI: What is "design" for you?

FR : Design for me is life, it is what we can capture through the creator, the connection with nature, the experiences, the senses, and decode these elements and bring them to ordinary daily life. understand people's needs and try to bring the best to their lives. It is an eternal hybrid exercise of art, market and science.

DI: What kinds of works do you like designing most?

FR : Furniture and products, objects, i like a lot to panting and drawing too.

DI: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?

FR : The favorite design is always the next one, the willingness to challenge yourself to create new things. But of course we have our favorite puppies, the Sella armchair, the Fofa, the dots collection and the Vello bar car are among them.

DI: What was the first thing you designed for a company?

FR : a headboard, then a sideboard that fell in love with the soccer player Neymar.

DI: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?

FR : I like natural materials like stones, woods and leather. My favorite plattaform today is Rhinoceros and Keyshot.

DI: When do you feel the most creative?

FR : When i'm in contact with God and nature.

DI: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?

FR : I focus a lot on beauty, proportion, construction parameters and functionality. The Vitruvian triad.

DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?

FR : It depends a lot on the project, sometimes we draw pieces to meet the needs of a collection, sometimes we surprise ourselves with affective memory insights and playfulness. It is a mixture, of pleasure and enthusiasm, and sometimes agrect for doing more and better.

DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?

FR : Feeling of accomplishment, of seeing a ready and marketed piece, people enjoying, testing and xperimentating and being happy to use, is very rewarding.

DI: What makes a design successful?

FR : This is very relative, because sometimes you project something with the certainty that it will be a success and does not happen, and sometimes a piece that took a long time to get out of the oven, get ready, years of testing and adjustments become much more successful , it's something about.

DI: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?

FR : I like to analyze 03 Basic factors, form and aesthetics, function, and constructive aspects and durability. But other factors are important such as sustainability, adaptability and compositions, as well as adapts to the trends of the world and the future.

DI: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?

FR : Design is a mechanism for social and cultural transformation, as designers we are responsible for transformations in society and a pole, for example, if a piece is successful and its sales are wide, we are strengthening and fostering an entire chain of employees, representatives , retailers, etc.

DI: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?

FR : I think people are a little tired of the common standard, the repeated things, I believe that the search for crafts, experiences and sensations are very important for a more mentally and spiritually healthy life. The design will be more customizable, more humanized pieces and where the user gets involved with the piece, against the extremely digitized world people look for palpable things, real experiences and where they involve the senses and people.

DI: When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?

FR : Milano Italia. 2024 , I would like to go to Escandinavia !

DI: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?

FR : My inspirations comes from nature, music, architecture, affective childhood memories, among others. I created an acronym called "Manah" which means affective memory, nature, architecture and hybrid, the elements I use as sources of inspiration, and refer to the mana that God sent every day in the desert to the Hebrew people in the Egypt estate. For me creativity is renewed with each morning, just like the manna.

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?

FR : I call warm minimalism, I look for the essence of things but in a way that brings warmth and well -being to people.

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?

FR : I live in a tropical country, where big names in the archetura and design have always been exalted, such as Niemeyer, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Artigas, Sergio Rodrigues, Campana brothers, among others. Brazil is a continental and multicultural country, the references are very rich, we have many opportunities for references, but the Brazilian policy and economy are against the quality of the country, is a rich country with poor mindset. Unfortunately. But I believe in the change of minds of people.

DI: How do you work with companies?

FR : I work in partnership with the industries, develop the pieces, launched in collections and receive a percentage for each sale, through royalties.

DI: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?

FR : I believe companies should set up a team of experienced designers and new talents, to balance the collection, but not work with many designers with various aesthetic because it ends up leaving the language and identity of the company without strength and character.

DI: Can you talk a little about your design process?

FR : I always start by drawing your free hand, sometimes I use cutouts such as models and modeling, dick with watercolor or pens, then model in 3D software, render and present to my partners.

DI: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?

FR : chair, vases, handle doors, ligth lamps, Kart bars.

DI: Can you describe a day in your life?

FR : I wake up early, I read daily, I pray to God, meditate, practice sports, then work a little, lunch, I take my daughter to school, then study the market and trends, drawing, I like to travel with family and work , I give many lectures and go to fairs and events around Brazil and around the world.

DI: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?

FR : Study a lot, draw a lot, try until you can! The resilience and persistence are the keys of success. Read good books, watch good movies, like and drink well, listen to good music. You are the result of what you consume, if you consume good things, good things will come out of you as creativity.

DI: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?

FR : Positive is being able to create new things every day, do different things, know new cultures and possibilities. Being able to have geographic freedom, etc. Negative, I haven't found it yet, and I hope it doesn't exist.

DI: What is your "golden rule" in design?

FR : Good design is what sells

DI: What skills are most important for a designer?

FR : Resilience, ability to innovate and adapt, positive mind and be a good seller.

DI: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?

FR : Use drawing and painting tools, sketchbooks, 3D applications, renders.

DI: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?

FR : Usually I live freely, without much pressure to develop my designs, but sometimes I need to go back and get more hospitalized in the process of creating and developing parts.

DI: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?

FR : The drawing process is fast, I have a database of things that inspire me, that I drew, I call an incubator, always revised to seek my old ideas that can be worth it. But the manufacturing process, constructive of prototyping and lenceness is a little longer.

DI: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?

FR : How to sell my pieces to companies? Where your inspiration comes from?

DI: What was your most important job experience?

FR : Expose in Milan in design week and participate in the Brazilian design team, also draw pieces for the European brand Wewood.

DI: Who are some of your clients?

FR : Pado, Tramontina, Saccaro, Tumar, Wewood , Moveis James, St. James, Salva.

DI: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?

FR : I love to draw furniture as well as objects, but I also like architecture and environments.

DI: What are your future plans? What is next for you?

FR : Draw for companies in Europe, Asia and the United States.

DI: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?

FR : I usally has a team

DI: Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?

FR : I used to have a team, but after the pandemic I ended up making the most scale and better quality tapes.

DI: How can people contact you?

FR : Instagram: fabricioronca, Email: fabricioncca@gmail.com https://www.behance.net/fabricioronca

DI: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?

FR : Deliver your way to the Lord, trust Him, and the more He will do.