He describes his process as slow. Very slow.
“I may have an idea in my head, swilling around in the back, which will sort of surface from time to time. And I get to a point where I’ll actually start taking it out of my head; making a prototype, just realising it in 3D.”
He’ll choose aesthetics first, function later.
“As a result of studying sculpture at art school, I have a feel for aesthetics more than the function. Of course, design requires functionality, so my energy is spent trying to combine the two.”
He’s inspired by a mid-century artist.
“Let’s just say that if I was a very rich person, and I was to collect art, I would buy the work of Philip Guston, the mid-century American painter. I was at art school when I first saw his work, in Madrid. He’s a fantastic colourist, his language is very simplistic, very cartoon-y, but it also has a dark, emotional undertone.”
He mines his iPhone for inspiration.
“My phone is an archive of inspiration and ideas. On a flight, I don’t read or watch movies, I just scroll through my images, and [dissect what I like]. This feeds my subconscious. I make it sound terribly glamorous, I know. We all do it anyway.”
India Design ID is on from February 13 to 15, in New Delhi. Indiadesignid.com
