Design is an essential vitamin in the lighting industry (two)

Reporter: This is very important to the designer?

Pierre: very important. It's really great to have my own design in every step, and it makes me more willing to do it. Even if some of the problems are not within the scope of our contract, but I would be happy to give their views.

A story for your product

Reporter: do you have any suggestions for Chinese industrial designers?

Pierre: first of all, I would like to emphasize that I have access to a limited number of Chinese designers, and therefore can not make an objective evaluation. I want to say is, there are certain limitations of design education China, the Chinese designers are often confined to a certain field, can only be designed in a certain area, rather than in a number of areas, not open eyes. Compared to the teaching system, designers also need a more permissive working environment. For an innovative company, even if his engineers focus on a certain aspect of the design, give him a relaxed environment, his vision will become more open.

At the same time, China's industrial designers in the shape, shape of the design, so it is very prominent, and the product function, culture and other aspects of the design is not enough. Of course, this may be related to the cultural background of each country, such as the French romantic, so the French design also gives people a sense of romance; the Germans are very strict, so the German design more emphasis on structural aspects. Perhaps from this point of view to understand the Chinese designers are good shape, shape design, reception view.

Reporter: so, the French culture has a great influence on you?

Pierre: of course, the influence of French culture is very important, but not all cultural factors. People who work in different personalities also give me a lot of inspiration. In addition, for so many years, my footprints all over the world, to see more, my eyes will be opened. When I was teaching the art school in France, I always told my students to create a story, a life. What do you want to do with a story.

Reporter: forty years ago, you design a creative calendar Imbroglio Calendar, is still popular with consumers. At that time, you want to express a kind of story?

Pierre (French style smile): at that time I was still very young, just want to make a stunning product, a concept beyond the time of the product, so I thought of the calendar. I hope that it can be detached from the general industrial products, has become interesting. So it was born. Time in the past so many years, this calendar can be loved, I feel very pleased.

Objectively speaking, the product can be sold for many years, not designers have the final say. Some products on the market, it is well received by consumers, and long lasting, while some products, although the market is not high, but does not mean that the design is not good. In particular, the market is changing rapidly, different market performance is not the same, for today's designers, the challenge will be greater and greater.