Spot On: FURNITURE

Carl Hagerling, Sweden

School: Studied Master of Industrial Design at Lund University

Design background

- Graphic + industrial design at own company Hagerling form, Malmö  (www.hagerling.se)

- Industrial designer at Hareide designmill Gothenburg (www.hareide-designmill.se)

- Interface designer at Sony Ericsson Lund (www.sonyericsson.se)

Did you do anything prior to your education to strengthen your skills and to get into your school?

Studied graphic design and multimedia for 2, 5 half years

Project title

 UNO

Length of project

3 weeks

Concept

Furniture collection

Inspiration

Spacecrafts from the 60′ties

Materials

Wood (mdf and oak) and steel

Keywords for the visual design

Space, clean, *light*

How is your work process when you design?

I work very quick to not lose my first instinct. Look allot on inspirational pictures. Find shapes that are interesting. Sketch pretty quick on different solutions. Make it in CAD. Make prototype

Which part of the process is the hardest for you to work through?

When the project is slow and you get bored of the whole thing

In your experience, are there specific skills that would be helpful to master?

Sketch, CAD, Creative, some engineer skills and to be persistent

Do you turn to specific areas for inspiration in general?

Here comes a cliché: I find inspiration in everyday objects. Could be anything from clothes-peg to tree structure

Any designers you find inspirational?

Tom Dixon and Claes Nellestam

Is your work process based on a special approach towards design?

Clean and uncluttered lines

Do you have a dream scenario for you and your design in the future?

Just to be able to continue to create.

Has it always been a dream to work with design?

yes

Do you have any other projects you would like to highlight?

I’m doing new work all the time for different clients. Check out my webpage: www.hagerling.se for latest project

Were can we find more information about you?

www.unoproduct.com

www.hagerling.se