Posts Tagged ‘Designer Profile’
March 31, 2009
Profiles // Thomas Allen
One in a series of Teroforma Profiles. The questions are always the same. The answers, though, are as unique as the people who gave them.
Name: Thomas Allen
Hometown: Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Occupation: Designer-maker (Ceramics)
Hobbies: Any thing outside: Walking, Camping, Sailing, Rowing
Design philosophy: William Morris said ‘Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.’ I will design only that which I ‘know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful’ and where possible the things I design and produce will be both.
Childhood ambition: To be an inventor.
Biggest challenge: Setting up my ceramic design business.
Favorite place: The Western Peak of Suilven (a mountain in Northwest Scotland)
Prized possession: My 55cm thrown stoneware plate.
Words worth remembering: Balance, composition, geometry and defenestration.
Working with Teroforma: My inspiration for Teroforma’s Oyyo White series was a single concept of fluid transformation from circular base into oval top - referencing the way potters alter shape with such apparent ease. I had been working on it off an on and had a small prototype which the guys from Teroforma liked when they visited my studio - I think it was a little flowerpot on my windowsill that caught their eye. Then came all the work as we turned that initial idea into the entire Oyyo series.
March 19, 2009
Profiles // Roman Vrtiska
One in a series of Teroforma Profiles. The questions are always the same. The answers, though, are as unique as the people who gave them.
Name: Roman Vrtiska
Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation: Architect and designer
Hobbies: Art, music, mountain biking
Design philosophy: Design is not revolution but evolution
Childhood ambition: More time for playing
Biggest challenge: Making people happy
Favorite place: 45°56′14.825″N, 10°48′56.692″E
[Editor's note - Laggo di Tenno, Italy]
Prized possession: My friends
Words worth remembering: I can’t get no satisfaction
Working with Teroforma: As designers, I think we are inspired by everyday life. Obviously, sometimes inspiration comes from totally unexpected places - objects, shapes, shadows, people, weather…you can be inspired 24hrs a day in every place on earth. What I can clearly say is that my design for the Ekke Carafe & Tumbler mirrors my approach to design and aesthetics quite well: two parts integrated into one piece, working in concert; compact functionality; respect for the visual aspect of the shape as a function itself. I also like the idea of trying to avoid plastic bottles in the household by replacing them with a pure material of the highest quality - glass.