Interviews with Sebastian Dominguez Enrich

I have been a designer for a couple of years now which I have design and create products that mainly for the field of furniture and accessories for the home of my clients and also for some work places.

I think it started when I was a kid where I was always looking how things work, and how I could make them better or how should I do them. Also being in a house where creativity was an everyday thing helps too.

the first thing is what is the problem, how I could solve it, and finally how the relation of function and how it look can both work together.

I think the journey and all the mix of emotions make every design unique, how you solve the problems you face, and the final emotion of having the final product after being in every phase it is an amazing thing of being a designer.

I think one thing that really help me is being a person that gets really involve in what I do and never stop until it is done also the work ethic my family teach me everyday.

My future plans is to have a design brand that has stores in mayor cities around the world, and have the freedom to make all the design I want to make this brand unique.

I think every designer at the beginning should network everyday and get to know people on all the fields not just thinking that design events are the places to be, because its just a small part in the world, and you are missing lots of opportunities to have more jobs in design.

I think you should never under value the price of your work this is a common error lots of people make, and its hard to get back to the point where you get the price you deserve for your work, also I try to make everything clear before I work with my clients and finally never be afraid to say no.

In my daily routine I try to have all meeting, and visit to the workshop to see how the products are made so i use the morning to have everything done so i have the rest of the day to focus on my design and my creative process.

thanks to Internet its really easy to know new trends and what people is looking for. I am more of collection in products so you can evolve with new trends but always staying in the philosophy of the brand.

My opinion is the more simple a product is better the design it is. If it doesn't need to be explain how it is used its been as designer we made a good job.

When I achieve a balance in its function and its from the job is done.

My best design for me are my squeezer since it was my first design, tekant chair i really love this product and my thesis project earn.

I like the job of Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson and the artist Kaws.

Now I am living between Madrid and Mexico City, thinking to go to New York to get a new inspiration for my work so I can evolve in my work and get new things in my life.

I always believe that every person you worked with should have the freedom to tell what is right or wrong, what should change, their point of view or how would they solve it, in other words to not be afraid to say what is on their head.

I think every person has to give back so can leave a mark in this world. I mean if you have the chance to make this world better you have the obligation to do it, so we can make this world a better place.

This award has open me a lot of doors and help me get more importance in the design field. And being named Designer of the Day make me really proud and happy that my work is liked.

It comes in my family since my parents are involved in architecture and design, so it was always at home so that's where my passion came from, so I end up studying product design.

I think was the idea to find solutions and create something new that doesn't exist, and the challenges it has.

It was my choice since I was a kid.

I am mainly focus in the furniture and graphic design for real state projects, but trying to find new design ideas in the tech sector.

Well I believe in hard work and keep trying.

The difference is creating something so simple and easy to use that you don't need to explain it to someone.

The more simple it is the greater a design is.

Because all the background it has be like that, the study, materials every step to achieve the final design.

I would like to find new design for the space race we are leaving, for Mars or the moon.

Designing a car or a boat.

How I get involve in every detail of the design.

I always liked the work of Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson, Dieter Rams and Carl Hansen & Son. Also other designer too, but could say these ones are the most relevant for me.

Apple, mainly for the detail it has in every product, but now I taking inspiration in Japanese design and nordic ones.

I could say spaceship, since they are taking us to the next step of civilisation.

Taking the time for looking around and knowing that all product has a relationship with design.

I always think about it maybe in the financial sector, since I enjoy numbers too.

Design is hat make our life easier.

Always my family.

Being curious and taking the time to learn from every person that is involve in the process.

Stones that people try to put in the path. And people trying to minimaize every idea.

Taking advantage of social media to reach every part of the world, and keeping an image.

I am trying to create my own design brand, so I can create collections every year.

To create an inspiration to new designers and become a know person out of the design circle.

Quality and high end design.

Creating things so people could relate to them.

Being involve in the real state world, so I could give my idea on buildings.

Where my client is going to enjoy everyday.

Looking for more eco friendly solutions in materials.

Is becoming one of the most important fields and for big companies to stay on top.

Depends on how complex it is but could say 1-2 months

Knowing how my client or company is represented with his products.

Simple is the hardest design of all.

Designer set trends.

Make easier to work and increase productivity.

Cad, 3d software, Computer and 3d printers.

Represent emotions.

How the where produce.

The hard work it took.

Yes, it can take to types of designers with different ideas to create something different.

The user.

Every book has something you could apply to design.

Adapting to new tech advances and how the world changes.

I would say the future designer that are creating thing for space, or maybe the old times where thing started to be invented.

Proud and happy, not at all the hard part is staying relevant and on top.

Blue, Sea, Pizza, Summer, Bed and apple.

How my friends always call for Ikea furnitures assembly hahaha.

Taking every design asa challenge.

People always told me about how creative and dedication to create things.

We would conquer space.

To know more about my work follow me on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dominguezsanz_enrich/

It began when I was a little kid, my family have always been related to design and architecture, and I was curious about how everything was made and how it works but the main reason was because it is a profession that you can work anywhere in the world.

The design studio Dominguez Sanz+Enrich is focus in architecture and in all design fields, it is the continue of the work of my father in architecture by adapting it to the modern times and opening it to other fields. You can know more in the website of the studio www.dominguezsanzenrich.com

I can describe design as a tool to create new objects, ideas, business, anything that starts from an idea or a concept to the creation of that concept or idea.

Right now I am into furniture design and products that involved technology.

I have many designs I like but if I have to choose one is the iPod, because it change how the music industry worked.

The first design was a squeezer.

I like working with aluminium, wood and ceramic.

There is not a moment to feel creative, because it can come in the shower, in a dream, going to work , but if I have to choose one I think it is at late night.

The most important things to focus are to achieve the main propose of the design or object you are creating.

The satisfaction and happiness that I am doing the thing I love. And i would not change that.

The satisfaction that how your idea become into something real that you can touch with your hands, and it is not anymore in the paper as a sketch.

A successful design is the one that achieve it`s main propose and is simple.

Function, Form and how it is produce.

As a designer you have to make a design environment friendly because after we finish using a design, you need to think what will happen to it and to educate the society.

Design is becoming something that we need in our daily life, thanks to apple, braun an other companies that invest in design people are starting to realise how important is design for our life, so it will become one of the most important fields and resource to companies to survive and evolve in this world that changes really fast.

I am trying to make my exhibition of the new brand that I am working in Milan design week next year.

My source of inspirations are in books and outside of the work in nature.

My style is always trying to find simplicity , with the importance on the detail, and finding the elegance in the design. I have the idea that the most beautiful thing are the one you want to look at them and find that detail that make it different from the other.

At this moment I am living in Madrid, Spain. I feel privilege that i have travel to different places and lived in other countries so I have seen and get involved in other cultures that are different form mine but cultural heritage influence in every person no matter the field the are you always make your decisions or yo act because is the influence you have.

I try to get involve in the philosophy of the company and how the present and people know them.

Companies need to find a designer that his work and design style is more likely to how the company work and his philosophy.

My design process is simple, the first phase is the investigation of the company or client and what I am going to design, the market. The second phase is start drawing in paper making sketch, then 3d modelling and finally the third phase is the one where I make the design real.

Iphone, Mac Book Pro, my Moleskine notebooks, Eames chest lounge and Muji pens.

My day starts early in the morning I go to the gym and them start working a 9 and then finish at 10 in the night, sometimes I go out to meetings if they are not in the studio. Most of my time I am working with new design or projects I am working.

I suggest young designers or upcoming designers to start creating your portfolio since day one and taking really good picture of your design projects, and to socialise with people and go to design events to get involve in the design world. Also not to be afraid to talk to people o important designers most of them will answer all your questions. Always be confident and believe in what you design and be good communicating with sketch and drawing not only by 3ds. Learning to say no and the last one buy books, lots of them.

the positive thing of designers are that we create solutions to many problems, and create products to make life easier with things that we do not think that were possible, but in the negative side it is a profession that in many places is still underrated and think it is not important as other professions.

To believe in your design.

To communicate with drawings and to know how to explain design with few and easy words. Knowing how to say no and knowing the price and how much your work worth.

My tools are really simple, I have my markers and pens, my notebook, my book collection, my computer, with illustrator, photoshop, indesign and rhino 3d modelling with vray for rendering.

By crating different phases with the times that I have for every phase to not get stuck in a part of the design, sometimes you need more time in one phase so I try to not to spend more time in a phase than I need.

It depends on the project, the size, difficult and many other things that affects or the project have.

The most thing people ask is what I really do as a designer and how much do I work.

My first client I think because I realise that you have to know more things that just to be a good designer such how to behave in a meeting, learning to say no to projects that will cost you money or to much time, and affect other jobs.

Most of my clients are people that want unique design pieces and the ones who buy from my design brand.

Really enjoy working in my design brand because I have the freedom to create the objects I really want.

To expand and become an important design brand.

Most of my designs are develop by myself but other i have the help of my workers of my studio.

Right now is the new image of my design brand an placing it in a new market, also some architecture projects of building houses.

You can visit instagram https://www.instagram.com/dominguezsanz_enrich/ my portfolio webpage www.dominguezenrich.com and my studio webpage www.dominguezsanzerich.com. and message me to sebastian@dominguezsanzenrich.com

To contact me if any other question you want to know or interviews email me to sebastian@dominguezsanzenrich.com