Interview with DELTAt

This happened naturally.

I mainly design wristwatch. I had designed some eye-wears as my hobby and would really love to design toys and games.

Think like a child, dream like a child.

A good designer follows best design principles and rules. A great designer has his/her own design principles and rules, as well as his/her own style.

A good design is like a story book. It has something to tell you.

A good design tells story like no story book does. You could actually tap into the designer's thought when emerging into the design. I don't think one "should invest" in good design, as pursuing good design is a natural urge of human-being. No one on earth will go for a bad design.

A self-sustaining social system which everyone has a chance to progress. No one will be leftover.

Add-on movement for ordinary wristwatch. (design is completed, now at the R&D stage)
Table scale location system for automated figures. (concept has been proven, lack of funding to realize)

Never grow up.

Japan comics/animations
Movies
Andy Warhol
Harry Winston
Kaventsmann

Too many! To name a few, Kaventsmann watch's design is so tough and masculine, yet simple. IC Berlin's innovation about eye-wear's design. Secret wood's ring where there is a mini world in each ring.

Add-on movement for ordinary wristwatch. Can't talk much about it yet, as it is not released yet.

Never stop inputting. Read, watch, think, dream. Once there are enough "data" in your brain, insight will started to emerge.

Programmer. But it is also a sort of designer.

Design is a way to tell others regarding your thoughts about something, without using words.

Not having sufficient resources.

Add-on movement for ordinary wristwatch.

Having a design/product that will influence people's life in a good way.

A view/way that have never been thought of before.

Add-on movement for ordinary wristwatch.

From a couple hours to a couple years.

Never grow up.

It depends on countless factors. Economy, culture, incidents, etc. Some designs just popup naturally and become trends. Same on the contrary.

Significantly reduced the complexity and time taken when designing. It also provides a much wider choice of ingredients for using in a design.

Pen and paper.
Inkscape (2d vector software)
Fusion 360 (3d software)

The designer's thoughts when he/she was designing.

I work solely, but I do believe in co-design, just not suitable for me.

Frankly, comics.

Albert Einstein, Buddha, Carl Gustav Jung, Edgar Cayce.

Some of my designs are indeed coming straightly from my dreams.

When I were a kid, people around me think I am going to be an artist instead. I had my first group Chinese drawing exhibition when I was 11.

Not only being very passionate about timepieces, my company, DELTAt, is a watch brand that has a very strong character of its own. Timepiece is one of the greatest inventions of human kind. Civilization could never become so advanced without it. It is the instrument of measuring the change of time (∆t), and that’s why we named ourselves DELTAt (∆t). In DELTAt, we believe that CHANGE is the only thing that is eternal in the universe. However, without time, nothing changes. Our objective is to bring some CHANGES into the market, even though the wristwatch industry has been here since 18th century and is already so evolved.

Design is a way of seeing things in different angles. Flows are always there. Try to "see" the flow that leads to a change of the thing that you feel good about. It is so abstract, but this is the most simplest way to put it into words.

Timepieces, toys, eye-wears, "theories"

Tee Shirts

anytime not exhausted.

The uniqueness of the design. Something that never been existed before in the same type of item/product. It can be an idea, a function, a feature, a form, an expression, or a feeling.

The urge of "giving birth" to the "idea" or "feeling' in my mind.

Relieved.

It has something unique, and that uniqueness draws people's soul.

What is it trying to "say?"
There must be a message in a good design.

I have a child like mindset. I love watching comics and animations.

Non-mainstream or unrealistic. The main characteristic of my style is that it always involve something that is not usually found in most items or products.

Just started thinking about the design. Ideas or flows will popup, then look for the

Never beat a dead horse. Whenever you've found yourself stuck in one place or running out of idea or creativity, turn your direction to other stuffs. New things lead to new thoughts, and new thoughts lead to inspiration and insight.

To dream.

Inkscape (software), Fusion 360 (software), pen and paper, Japan animations, Movies

It depends. It can take a couple hours to a couple years. However, there is no "end" for a design. There is always something you can "change" about a design.

Where do your inspirations come from?

All by myself.

by emailing me at david@deltatwatch.com