Interview with Cre-Te

Cre-te is a design group that provides total design solutions related to space, including real estate development, architecture, interior, spatial branding, and product design.

I think that is the realm of design, not limited to any field, but embracing everything that leads one's life. I think it's an act of programming the hardware that starts with the city and the actions that take place in it, directing everything around you, from the software design that moves the hardware.

Architect Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum.

Architect Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum remains my favorite to this day. I think that in this work, both sound and light and the flow of time were intended by the architect and made into a specific space. Currently, my design state also wants to direct all of this. I want to design the environment and even the temperature that people feel.

The first project after establishing a design group called Cre-te was the R&D center of a sportswear brand. This project did not focus on the spatialization of research facilities, but rather on the researcher's activities. We intended a space that induces the movement of actors such as running, jumping, and swinging.

Light. This is because light is the most important element in grasping the shape of all objects and an indispensable concept in spatial planning.

Well, I think it is a field that is very far from the word creativity. This is because I think that the beginning of every project is the process of creating rational results based on objective data based on analysis of user behavior and experience, shape of nature, and market flow.

Analysis and data collection. In the end, I think this process of analysis is the most important because it is planning the space that people use.

exciting and hard at the same time.

proud and sad at the same time.

It seems like time. It's like the 10,000 hour rule. And I think it's about constantly studying myself.

Consider usability first. No matter how beautiful the formative beauty is, if it does not meet the function, I think it is as bad as not doing it.

I think administrators and designers are in the same spot. If it is an administrator who creates social principles, I think that there is also a designer's good deed by realizing their direction. For example, the process of using zero-carbon energy sources or persuading them is also the responsibility and role of the designer.

Convergence and virtual reality, real space and meta space, reality and unreality, all of these will expand into the field of space designers. Just as AI is also constructed in an infinite space, all fields begin within a proposition of space. This trend will eventually pass into the realm of dematerialization.

The last exhibition was in December 2019, and the next exhibition is scheduled to be held this August.

It is headquartered in Korea. Localism is obviously influencing my design. It is not just a simple design vocabulary, but the design result should be different according to the habits, weather, and culture of the people in the area. Korea is a country with a history of 5,000 years. Of course, there are endless things that can be found as motifs for design. However, since the beginning of modern architecture was later than in Europe and Japan, there is also a problem of low recognition as a designer. I think the solution to this part is a very easy but difficult part.

The first step in any design process is research and analysis. After that, the brand and character of the space are decided, and the process of shaping them is followed. This three-step process leads to the most efficient answer when negotiating with the client.

Spatial designers can always be at the forefront of trends and market trends regardless of field. This is also the reason why cultural styles and art cannot be separated from space. The downside is that you always have to study and you can't imitate.

I think the most important ability is analytical ability and imagination that can materialize it.

I tend to use my time very inefficiently. Once you start one, you don't stop until you get the result. Except for my family, I tend to invest everything in my design.

The most frequently asked questions are the design cost question and how to set up a concept.

Clients range from large corporations to individual clients.

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