We, as the Designer Interviews ("DI") had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to interview award-winning, most creative and innovative Andrea Sosinski ("AS").
Andrea Sosinski founded her company NIMTSCHKE DESIGN in 2006. Her award winning product designs are mostly out of ceramic (porcelain). That is her favourite material she also studied for 6 years at the renowned Burg Giebichenstein, university of art and design in Halle/Saale (Germany). Her passion is also graphic design and illustration. Since 2006 she does a lot of corporate design and gives with great success companies their individual and distinctive appearance.
Andrea Sosinski Designs
We are pleased to share with you original and innovative design work by Andrea Sosinski.
Andrea Sosinski Design - Firo fire cooking set
Designer Interview of Andrea Sosinski:
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?
AS : Since I can remember I loved to draw and do handicraft. I always wanted to have a creative job. That's why it was nearly clear that I went to study at the renowned Burg Giebichenstein university of art and design in Halle (Saale), that is in Germany. I studied ceramic and glass design, focussed on porcelain and also graphic design.
DI: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
AS : My company NIMTSCHKE DESIGN got its name from my maiden name Andrea Nimtschke, before I married. NIMTSCHKE is sorbian and translated it means "german". I do all kind of design: graphic design, corporate design, illustrations, product design, book design, room design and also photography.
DI: What is "design" for you?
AS : Design is for me the combination of a great look and best function. It should be surprising, usefull and has to make sense. It doesn't have to be "loud". Good design is timeless and can also convince at a second look.
DI: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
AS : I like doing Corporate Design and create products out of porcelain
DI: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
AS : Redesign of a logo. I started with improving and enhancing things that did not look good before.
DI: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
AS : My favorite material is porcelain. But also lether and fabrics because I like sewing as well. And I like the Adobe Suite for graphic design. I do a lot of creative stuff every day with it.
DI: When do you feel the most creative?
AS : When I go to bed. If I need to find a solution for a problem I just have to sleep one night and get the answer in the morning.
DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
AS : I feel happy and excited. Can't wait to see my ideas getting alive.
DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
AS : I am proud, of course.
DI: What makes a design successful?
AS : In my eyes it is not all about shape. The function is important as well. A good looking product that doesn't work will not survive. Successful design is like a good friend you always want to be surrounded by.
DI: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
AS : First it has to convince my eyes with its shape and second my hands or body with its function.
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?
AS : Clear and reduced to the essentials. Surprising, functional, with wit and a wink.
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?
AS : I live in Germany and think it affects my design a lot. Germans are mostly perfect in what they do. They are reliable, functional, tidy and always in time. In fact very rational but with deep hidden emotions. I love to evoke them with my designs. They should produce happiness.
DI: How do you work with companies?
AS : I create products that they produce on license. But most of the time I do graphic design and marketing for companies and start-ups. I am working as a freelancer.
DI: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
AS : The Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator. For products out of porcelain I still use pencil and paper and make often a plaster prototype.
DI: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
AS : I develop my designs by myself.
DI: How can people contact you?
AS : www.nimtschke.de or www.facebook.com/pg/Nimtschke-Design-Andrea-Sosinski-156281574429991/posts/