Interview with Golnoush Zamani and Hajar Shahsavari

hajar: actually, her mother discovered me and she encourage me to continue my field in arts. her mother sent her to art class when she was in childhood. also, her mother sent her to paint in high school, and after she had chosen industrial design as her major at university. Venus is her first professional design that changed her life as a designer and now she designs amazing products.

hajar: at first she researches a subject and she begins to find a better way. then, she defines a process and starts to design for that subject. after that she builds a prototype of the design in 3d software and then builds a physical prototype to evaluate the work

hajar: respectively, curious and excited. when her design is finished she feels successful. actually, her designs are like her babies.

hajar: her curious and fighter character

hajar: she wants to be among the ten most successful women in the world. she will establish her company as a designer.
she wants sustainable design to create a better world and now she is working on special projects.

Hajar: Think differently to find the best way and have a creative mind and select the path and field that you love it. Read books and watch good movies.

hajar: she says about her feeling. she says trusting her eyes and thoughts. having said that around us there are lots of answers to solve our problems. she always finds her answer in nature. also, she thinks group work is amazing and with group we are a successful than be single work.

hajar: she is an owl and she loves to work until midnight or more but she has to be in turn with the world's working hours. because many peoples are early birds. so she gets up in the morning to eat breakfast after that work on my tasks and in the evening went to the gym but even day I go to the club to do her shuttle training. she is a professional athlete and she was a member of the international badminton team but these days I practice for myself. at the night she does other tasks and sometimes watches a movie or series.

hajar: in her opinion, a good product is one that attracts people and easier their life. she believes each product can help people's life has well designed.

hajar: she wanst to set an example on Venus furniture. she assumed that the project was over when there were no problems after the build prototype and its problems were solved, and it was clear that it would go on the mass production for pregnant women. That was when Venus was a complete for us.

Venus is her biggest design work because it is her first work and it encourages her to continue her way as a designer more than before. also, this work receive many awards that one of that is this contest and I going to receive much success in the future

hajar: I haven't a specific favorite designer cause there are lots of things that I can not experience and it is constantly changing which has not yet attracted my particular designer. but these days interested in Cas Holman especially her design that is named Geemo. she has attracted me so much.

hajar: Isfahan, Iran. A city is full of historic places. she believes Living in Iran can inspire minds unbelievably. Cause you can find stories even in the details and has a lot of symbols that inspire many people in our society and international communities. so she tries to find new things and connected them To our lives.

hajar: she is interested to work with a group because she can learn new things and she would be working with a business that is so important for them creativity and teamwork.

hajar: as a designer, she is going to design good designs for my people and help even in very small quantities to save our world. also, she hopes one day she gets a position where she can help with humanitarian projects because she really enthusiastic to do this.

hajar: honestly, she had never thought that reaching this award. until this moment this is a part of her resume for my immigration to apply to a university.

Design is not only their passion but also believe that they can convey their feelings to people through design. also, they Helping humanity and feeling of having a positive effect on the world is motivated for them.

Hajar: Actually, she had loved physics since she was childhood, but her mother sent her to painting class, and when she wanted to choose a field in high school, her mother took her to art school and she fell in love with painting at moment, and now the only way to express her feelings is through design. her mother discovered her talent.

Golnoush:t the beginning it wasn't her choice to study art. But as the time passed she could find herself in design.

Hajar: In fact, she wants to be able to products or services that can improve people's lives and bring people closer to each other, regardless of their nationality and race. This is something that is much less common in our world these days.

Golnoush: She prefers to design products or services that can change something in our world. Something useful with a real overview of the problems.

Hajar says: she believes, still has a long way to advise young people, but she believes that Everything is designed in our life. also, we are consciously designing our lives, relationship, and everything that we have connected with. So design close all of us together so we can understand each other better. This is the reason that she always looks at the environment for the first design, because the community and the environment give you the best ideas, so to become a good designer they need to look good at people's living environment first and then design.

Golnoush: Each mind has its own way to solve a problem. They have to express them and let their brain feel free to innovate.

Golnoush: The way they look to the world. A great designer is more curious about problems.

Hajar: It depends on how we look at the world and problems which can find the best and easiest way to solve these problems

hajar: She believe usability in the product is so important.

Golnoush: She level of usability in the product. The principle of the design and their real background.

Golnoush : A good design is one that can solve a problem and help people to live better. So this is the power of a good solution.
Hajar: A good design is one that can solve a problem in addition to the visual appeal. also, can improve our society.

Hajar: she is designing a product for children that improve relation ship between parents and them. Also she loves creating products that take people a little far away from hustle and bustle of cities.

Golnoush: She would spend her time on more smart technological devices that I'd designed for a futuristic city. Maybe in mars.

Hajar: She wants to have her own design office in the future and design with her team.
Golnoush: Her dreamy project is futuristic ideation. About our future lifestyle and advanced products

Hajar: she Inspired by children's novels and her dreams. Also, when she was nervous and she thinks, can not design more, running and Badminton are the best option for her.
Golnoush: To write a story for the idea

Hajar: Salvador Dali, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Henry Moore & Tony Cragg
Golnoush: She is really impressed by layer design studio products in design and by David Friedrich in painting.

Hajar: because they use feeling, creating the special idea.
Golnoush: She is interested in medical innovative ideas specially the ones that solve a problem.

Hajar:The greatest design for her are the insparations.
Golnoush: The greatest design for her are the concepts of space dining designed by layer design that are creative and futuristic for our future.

Hajar:she try to expand her viewpoint by traveling and reading books because made her to thinking.
Golnoush:They have to find their taste in design and the vision they think is good for them

Hajar: Firefighters or astronaut.
Golnoush: She definitely would become a doctor.

Hajar:Design is a way to thinking and observing.also is a good way to combined art and industry.
Golnoush:design is a way of living and thinking. Design is a great mixture of art and industry. Creativity and functions to innovate new solutions.

Hajar : her parents, especially her mother, and then her self-confidence.
Golnoush: Herself

Hajar: she still does not consider herself a designer because she has a long way to go to become a good designer, but some events in life made her think about design and that she can improve people's relationships with the world through design.
Golnoush: Her desire of leveling up.

Hajar: Nothing
Golnoush:Nothing

Hajar:They should focus important details and Present visually.
Golnoush:They should just focus on important factors and summarise the description.

Hajar : she has not thought about it yet, but she is sure it will show itself to me at the right time. But now she works on a project to improve the relationship between parents and their child
Golnoush: Much more new medical devices that face our real needs in our world.

Hajar: Creating a better world by design
Golnoush: To help humanity and be effective.

They think To do my best for each project.

Golnoush: Innovative design in user friendly and simple to understand. It can improve the quality of life in society.
Hajar: Design helps us engage, it keeps us connected to the world, it helps us navigate our way through physical and digital spaces.

Hajar says: she is learning UI & UX professionally.
Golnoush:On a new line of interactive home appliances.

Golnoush: The projects that meet the real needs in our world or future.

Hajar:The project that get acquainted with new things and interesting designs

Golnoush: To see less copies of the media and designers really spend time to upgrade their ideas.
Hajar: Materials because there are many materials, such as plastics, that are damaging the environment

Golnoush:To combine much more with technology and business that art.
Hajar:It is too hard to predictied for her .

Golnoush: It mostly takes 2_5 month to complete a big project.
Hajar:between 3_5 month to complete her project.

Golnoush:First with understanding details and the user research and market research.
Hajar:First with understanding and research thet helps her to understand their audiences. then I design for them

Golnoush: New design, new era
Hajar:combine art and Industry

Golnoush:Solidworks. Keyshot. Adobes
Hajar: Adobes,rendering,3d modeling

Golnoush:The design is just not about forms. Sensing is more important than any time. So colors and the touch of material are getting bolder.
Hajar: Is this technology suitable at this time or not?

Golnoush:How is this could solve a problem.
Hajar:how is this could improve human life or How is this work?

Golnoush:The design is just not about forms. Sensing is much important that anytime. So colors and the touch of material is getting more bold.
Hajar:Is this technology suitable at this time or not?

Golnoush:How is this could solve a problem.
Hajar:How is this work or How is this to human's life?

Golnoush: What is the mindset of the designer? How is her/his opinion on the world.
Hajar:her/his opinion and inspiration important for me.

Golnoush:This is absolutely her first choice. She wonders to work with Elon musk one day.
Hajar: Definitely yes because teamwork motivates her, she wonders to work with Elon musk one day.

Golnoush:Her design manager in Entekhab design center.
Hajar: her mother

Hajar : Design by nature by Maggie Macnab
Encyclopedia of Art by Ruyin Pakbaz
Encyclopedia of Symbols and Signs
Golnoush:Creative confidence by David kelly and Tom kelly.

Golnoush: Spending more time for herself and source of inspiration.
Hajar:spending more time to herself to learn new things .

Hajar: Alien & The people of ancient Egypt
Golnoush: Elon musk

Hajar: Yes because you become a role model in society and it is so important that you are efficient
Golnoush: It is hard to be efficient, not famous.

Hajar says: Egypt and southern Iran, Hamburger, spaghetti, Winter
, Sport clothing, Yonex, Zara, and Nike
Goinoush: White. Spring. Steak. Beaches

Golnoush: She has a memory of a time when there was a fast prototyping competition and she had to make something less than one minute with trashes.
Hajar: When she wanted to send my first idea to a contest and I did not know how to a correct presentation, I just described my design with the text

Golnoush: When she feels she could have one step forward.
Hajar: By traveling and shopping

Hajar says: No, in fact, when I was a child, I dreamed of winning the Olympics and I am still fighting for this dream, but besides my sport, I dream of being a professional designer.
Golnoush: No

Sarvenaz says: No, but she thought he could go to a field that could influence the lives of others with his creativity.

Golnoush: Space traveling. Multiplanet species
Hajar: she thinks everything will be working with high machines and robots

Golnoush: Find yourself

Hajar: Bleave yourself and do the things you love

Golnoush: design is a way of living and thinking. Design is a great mixture of art and industry. Creativity and functions to innovate new solutions.
Hajar: Design is not only their passion but also believe that they can convey their feelings to people through design.

Golnoush: She is deeply passionate about futuristic medical design. Products and services. She is working in a branch of design that can save humanity and help people to live better.
Hajar: she wants to be able to design things that can improve people's lives and bring people closer to each other. actually, design is a way that we can create better communication between people.

Golnoush: Her favorite design is the wearable diabetes patches that stick to the body and can monitor and inject the dose of insulin automatically.
Hajar: her favorite design, it's not very clear, there have been many designs that interest her but these days I really fond of to sustainable design to help to our environment.

Golnoush: her first design goes back to 3 years ago when she was passing her internship in a toy company. She was working on a toy for 3_5 years children for color recognition.

Hajae: her first design goes back to 3 years ago when she designs Venus with her best friend golnoush.

Golnoush: her favorite material is stone. Her favorite platform is Ethereum cryptocurrency. her favorite technology is biotechnology.
Hajar: her favorite materials are wood and biomaterial. her favorite platform is Samsung health. her favorite technology is biotechnology.

Golnoush: As she is working as a team for finding a solution she feels the most creative.
Hajar: when she is working as a team to find a solution.

Golnoush: benchmarking and ideation are the longest steps in her design process
Hajar: Research problems in society and ideation

Golnoush: She feels she is useful while designing.
Hajar: she feels the power

Golnoush : Feel of success
Hajar: feel power and success

They think of Solving a real problem. Help humanity.

Golnoush: The usability and the necessity of the design
Hajar: how does it help people? and necessity of the design

Golnoush: considering the reality of the design brief and finding the most effective way to solve it
Hajar: Find the most effective way to prevent environmental damage

Golnoush: She thinks design will empower by science and technologies much more than before.
Hajar: She thinks design will Combines with technology and reduces the use of physical products

They have Participated in Dubai design week 2020.

Golnoush : She mostly finds her creative idea of her normal conversations with her friends.
Hajar: she mostly finds in her dreaming and child's novel

Golnoush: her approach is much focused on minimalism in appearance and usability in functions
Hajar: simple and helpful

they live in Isfahan, Iran. A city is full of historic places. Golnoush believes Living in Iran can inspire minds unbelievably. Cause you can find stories even in the details and Hajar believes that Iran has a lot of symbols that it inspires many people in our society and international communities. so she tries to find new things and connected them To modern societies.

Hajar: I will work with a company that doesn't stop my creativity and works with an active group.
golnoush: Right now she is working with a company that works on home appliances. She is working on the laundry products.

Golnoush: The best way is the close links. Asking the other employees to introduce the new designers.
Hajar: She does not have an exact idea, but it is better to see their creativity

Golnoush: First should complete the design brief and start search about the user and other benchmarks. Then the ideation step and fast prototyping for upgrading the design
Hajar:First should complete the design brief and search about Things that can be inspired.then search about the user . after that the ideation step and fast prototyping for upgrading the design.

Golnoush: Smart TV. Persian carpet.Tall door cabinet. Stickers. Bed
Hajar: the bed. Bathroom, library especially children's novels, flower pot

Golnoush: She is spending most of her time at work. Working on new projects.
Hajar: She tries to exercise every day and working on a new project besides working on her thesis.

Golnoush: To find their deep desire to design. Not just something they are good at. But something they think is right to work on .

Hajar: Think different and positive and select the path and field that you love it. Read books and watch good movies

Golnoush: Working long hours on your pc is the biggest problem of a designer. But the positive point is the different mindset you have among other people.
Hajar: Do not work on their design constantly. Sometimes it is better to leave your design to find a solution from your environments

Golnoush: Usability
Hajar:Usability and Useful

They think Being updated in technology and being an expert in some softwares.

They use group brainstorming for ideation And turn it into 3D modeling then solid works and keyshots for presentation.

They think asking and sharing is essential in these situations.

They take a couple of months (2_5 months)

Golnoush: Design me a logo

Goloush: Working in a massive holding named Entekhab Group

They do not freelance work

Golnoush: The ones with a right and clear purpose. Cause they are more creative and useful.
Hajar: Designs that lead to a specific goal and are effective

Golnoush: To design more futuristic medical devices for our future
Hajar: to design more products that improve people's lives and help to the environment

they work as team.

Hajar: Recently She is working to improve parent-child relationships through play.
Golnoush: Recently She is working on some small health recognition devices.

Hajar: shahsavarihajar@yahoo.com +989331339112
Golnoush: Goltoy.g@gmail.com / +989133080147