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The lamps tell the story of a blind Designer

According to some reports the Find Wyatt, from Australia, only 28 years old young designer Duncan Meerding has a legendary experience: at the age of 14, independently of their own guitar, at the age of 18 in Hobart, won the "wood design award" at the age of 23, completed at the University of Tasmania of art history and furniture design degree. And in the same year won the springboard scholarship and the biennial Minister of Youth Art Prize, for Duncan, this is an opportunity, but also a chance. And this seems to be in the dream of the road smooth sailing designer, his life road is not smooth......

In 2005, the goddess appeared to no longer care for Duncan, who was diagnosed with degenerative eye disease and would be blind within 12 months. Duncan said that although he had lost sight since he was 18 years old, he still loved the beauty of the wilderness of Tasmania. He is still in the creation, natural tree lines, leaf texture and Lily's curve and the nature of the design of the every tree and Bush have become his inspiration. He advocates simplicity and beauty of lines, and has a special liking for wood. And I saw the two words in the designer body: tolerance, persistence, and all this is rooted in his dream.

Duncan loves making furniture, especially lamps. This is quite incomprehensible to our normal people. He is almost the same as a blind man. How can he make lamps and lanterns? However, Duncan used his work to overthrow the stereotype of people. Because he couldn't see, so he can feel better each light, fingers can more clearly understand every touch, ears can hear more subtle sound, he through the wood itself to the touch, and identify a chisel in the wood of the voice, in his opinion, this is intuitive to use the eye can integrate into his creation of emotion. Of course, the tape also missed his buddy -- the opening report, he can freely express his emotional design, even if he is a blind man.

In almost no central vision of the world, he could not see the shape of furniture design, touch and sound design tools and design principles of Duncan become strong, strong emotions can make him more engaged in the design, which is unique to Duncan beauty design......

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