Interview with Claudio Sibille

Sibille is a company focused in designing and commecializing furniture, particularly space oriented furniture

Design means the planning before the doing.

Though i designed many industrial objects such as childrens games, medical equipment, urban furniture, home accesories like foam cups, etc. The thing i enjoy most designing is furniture, and indeed is what i specialize in today.

The Ludovico line of furniture without a doubt.
Though visually my most beloved design is the dino transformable sofa, the Ludovico / Ludovico Office is my favourite overall.

It was a an urban furniture i did with other designers of a team. As an independent designer, the first thing i ever designed for a company was a series of headboards for a furniture company.

Though i don´t have a particular material, i try to seize the moment and today in Uruguay certified re- forested woods are becoming larger and larger. So therefore i use wood in most of my designs as my primary material.

In cold, sunny o cludy days, after midday. And when my study is tidy and not messy.
That´s just about all i need to the in the mood of creating and designing.

Functionality and utility.

I feel about the next things to come and the promise of better and more experienced and refined works.

Though I have not fathered and sons yet, i imagine as being the third next best thing (The first being Alina, my fiancee, and the third watching my designs being prototyped)

I believe it´s all about innovation, wheter it is functional, technological aesthetic, fun, etc.

Functionality and ease of use. Visual impact is usually delegated to second place. Usually the aesthetics of my designs are accomodated to the utilities and functions. This doesn´t mean that visual impact is not important for me. Not at all. People usually buy what they like (in aesthetic terms) the most at a first glance, so of course i take care into such matters. Also because i love beauty in all its forms.

I believe a designer has the opportunity to show how from a tiny position, he can influence the society in a more eco friendly orientation. However, this turns itself most difficult without the support of goverment policies that could complement of work.

My last exhibition was in October 2010 at the ExpoHogar Fair in Montevideo, Uruguay.

My desire to improve myself and keep innovating with new and fresh ways to help living become more easy.

I don´t consider i have a unique design style. I don´t follow a particular design school. The thing most of my design have in common though are the will to create new ways to optimize space in the most effective and new way possible.

My prototypes of course. Alina, Ludovico, Ludovico Ofice, Dino and Sensei.
They constitute all i am as a designer.

Be constant over any adversity, and never give up, even if life hits you over again. Sooner or later, with hard work and dedication the chances of achieving your expectations are will be on your side. It´s not about talent, but hard work and commitment.

It´s not about mastering autocad or 3d studio, or being a genius AT hand painting. It´s all about innovation, and the ability to see beyond the object.

Computer, Autocad, photoshop, 3d studio. Internet, design books, a lot of design books.

I can´t say I have a tight schedule, but it´s definetly preferable to not having a schedule at all.

Can´t say really. Sometimes it takes just a day, and some other times, between this and that detail, by the time I finish I realise it´s been days, weeks, or even months.

Continue innovating, creating original designs in order to export and give people form all over the world a chance to get to know and enjoy my furniture.

I develop the designs myself.

I´m working now on my next project, but i rather keep it to myself for the moment.

Through my web site, where they can find all the necessary information.