We, as the Designer Interviews ("DI") had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to interview award-winning, most creative and innovative Juntao Liu ("JL").
Juntao Liu is an award-winning designer that helps make the World a better place with their original and innovative creations and advanced design works.
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Designer Interview of Juntao Liu:
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?
JL : Love is the best motive force, also only love drive themselves to continue.
DI: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
JL : A small team of 7 people, hoping to establish a small and beautiful best combination, team members to learn together, collaboration.
DI: What is "design" for you?
JL : In essence, design is a problem solving process, starting from the problem, to solve the problem.
DI: What kinds of works do you like designing most?
JL : Minimalist design work
DI: What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
JL : Less is more
DI: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
JL : Establish a complete visual recognition system
DI: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
JL : Natural, natural, no design
DI: When do you feel the most creative?
JL : At night, alone time, it's easier to think
DI: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
JL : Focus more on whether this design is the most appropriate, appropriate choice? Whether it is appropriate and accurate to convey the thing itself
DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
JL : The design process is like answering a question, which is the answer given after deliberation, which is not very happy :)
DI: What makes a design successful?
JL : Good social design environment and the development of design industry
DI: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
JL : Design is not good or bad, only suitable or not
DI: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
JL : Design should make life better
DI: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
JL : The continuous progress of society drives design to develop in a better direction. The future of design is to create value through design, so that more people benefit from design, consumption design
DI: When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
JL : The most recent exhibition is a public benefit exhibition for the epidemic in xi 'an, which is scheduled to hold an invitational exhibition of the company's 5th anniversary design in mid-august
DI: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
JL : nternet and books, through learning, can reserve a wealth of knowledge
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?
JL : I have not formed my own design style, but I always hope that my design is a design with emotion and temperature
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?
JL : Xi 'an, China, is a country with a splendid culture. Tradition should be compatible with modern times, let The Times soak the ancient meaning through tradition, transform and innovate the tradition, inherit but not be conservative.
DI: How do you work with companies?
JL : Respect each other and friendly cooperation
DI: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
JL : The company should provide designers with a relaxed and pleasant office environment, and establish a benign mechanism for the long-term cooperation between the two parties. The company's choice of designers is creative and love of design
DI: Can you talk a little about your design process?
JL : Around the design proposition to carry out creative thinking, determine creativity, start to implement, adjust and deepen the design, design submission
DI: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
JL : RT 20, T 1000 radios by dieter RAMS, PK22 by Poul Kjarholm, alien juicer by Philippe Starck, B&O A9
DI: Can you describe a day in your life?
JL : In the morning, I made clear the design tasks for the day with the team, and then I used the rest of the day to discuss and complete the design
DI: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
JL : Life is a process of continuous learning, only continuous learning to become the one you want to be
DI: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
JL : The positive impact is professional and social recognition through design, the negative impact is not
DI: What is your "golden rule" in design?
JL : Less is more,Good Design is as Little Design as Possible
DI: What skills are most important for a designer?
JL : Ability to accurately judge design propositions
DI: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
JL : I often try to participate in the design process by hand. I hope there will be more books in the design process.
DI: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
JL : During the design process, I tend to spend more time thinking about the design, and then I will spend a reasonable amount of time to execute the design idea after the mature thinking
DI: How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
JL : Owing to the different things
DI: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
JL : How to solve design problems through design
DI: What was your most important job experience?
JL : The most important experience is working in both advertising and design companies and then benefiting from the two different corporate cultures
DI: Who are some of your clients?
JL : Shaanxi grand theatre, xi 'an concert hall, xi 'an art museum...
DI: What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
JL : Minimalist design work
DI: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
JL : In the future, I hope I can be more involved in the design of different fields such as plane, space, exhibition and products, and I am currently involved in the design of space projects
DI: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
JL : The team cooperation
DI: Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
JL : At present, I am trying to participate in a space design project of a b&b across the boundary to achieve a multi-dimensional understanding of the design
DI: How can people contact you?
JL : Contact me at www.jianshan816.com