We, as the Designer Interviews ("DI") had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to interview award-winning, most creative and innovative Basem El Koury ("BEK").
Basem is a passionate graphic designer who has a huge background knowledge and is eager to learn more about everything that benefits in improving his skills/techniques and to improvise on his design projects.
Basem El Koury Designs
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Designer Interview of Basem El Koury:
DI: What is "design" for you?
BEK : Solving visual issues through the correct usage of art and materials.
DI: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
BEK : I am more of an experimental designer, who tries to know about many different design elements and see how every piece could fit together.
DI: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
BEK : The onse who provide real solution to visual issues and are packed up with a strong concepts.
DI: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
BEK : Holograms, not light illusions, I mean the real thing from the 80's and 90's.
DI: When do you feel the most creative?
BEK : There is no specific place. Creative ideas can come from anywhere, or they can be hidden for a very long period.
DI: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
BEK : To build my design on a concept and an idea. The visuals are secondary, becasue they can alter during your design process.
DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
BEK : I hope happiness.
DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
BEK : I hope happiness.
DI: What makes a design successful?
BEK : Sucess is not a measurement. If the visuals have done their purposes, which is to deliver the concept in an understandable way, then they are successful.
DI: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
BEK : If they fulfil their purposes, then they are good designs.
DI: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
BEK : Providing real solutions through visuals and physical materials/objects.
DI: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
BEK : No one can predict that, nor can someone guarantee, how the design field will change in the future.
DI: When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
BEK : It was the final project of my university class in Austria. There is no date for my next exhibition.
DI: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
BEK : Literally from everywhere.