Interview with Romulo Temigue

I'm a freelancer and I really like to design unique pieces for my clients. I started asking the clients if they would let me do a piece for them with the investment they had to buy the furniture for their homes. At the beginning I didn't charge a dime for it. The idea was to create a nice and steady portfolio for myself. Today I have made some cool pieces that I really love and I'm very proud for the oportunity that life gave me. I'm lucky!

Design is what you think is beautiful for yourself. Some people likes the Eames chair, some don't. That's a fact. But in the end, everything is designed by someone who wanted to bring something cool to this crazy world. Something they knew as a piece to sit, to sleep, to eat and, now is a piece to look at and feel good just by looking.

Furniture, Interior design and Architecture.

I don't have a favorite design. The only thing I can say is that I love art in all its forms. Music, dance, Architecture, painting, drawings, movies, clothes, you name it.

I didn't get there yet. Hoping to get some designs soon.

I love working with Acrylic, wood and steel.

At night, when everyone is asleep.

I try to make something different to my eyes. Something that I also like. Also needs to be useful somehow.

I feel a huge excitment. Cause in the end, we have an idea but, we don't know if that idea will be awesome or not before we see it.

Fulfilled.

When I like it! Haha!

Good: When I like what I did. Bad: When I didn't.

Depends on the designer. Some designers want to use materials that don't hurt the inviroment. Others, don't care too much. The design is more important in the end. I think if we can find a middle ground between, the world could really benefit with it.

With tech everything is changing. We have printers that can make crazy wild designs. We have new materials and also new designers online. All this "new" that came with tech is amazing for us. With 3D images and designers, we can build everything before spend a dime.

Didn't have one yet. Hope soon!

today I use my instagram's feed account to learn more of what's going on online. I follow a bunch of designers of different fields. Arch, painters, illustrators, tattoo artists, object designers, musicians and etc. All of them are a great inspiration on my daily basis. Thank you internet!

Like I said before. I get my inspos from all over the creative areas. With that said, I don't have a plan I think/design something. I just throw everything on a paper and gather materials and done! But if I had to say something about the style, I could say that I really like comtemporary design the most. Mixing materials as well.

I live in Brazil. Since I was a kid I really enjoyed surfing the internet for my personal goals and more understanding of the world. I think i didn't get too much of my country heritage because of my surfings expeditions online (haha). I was always looking outside my country.

I don't yet.

I think every company has a style of their own. It's easier to find a designer with that style to add on their side. Or if they wanna change, cause sometimes old companies need changing, they will have to look for a designer who has a different style of their own.

I have a small sketchbook on my desk that I use often when I feel inspired. I use a pencil first to sketch the idea and then in a few days if that idea continues to amaze me somehow, I put a number and use the pen to finish it. After that, I use 3D to create the piece or ambient that I was looking for.

I like racks, chairs, sofas, lamps and tables.

I don't have a time to get off the bed, cause I also don't have a time to get in the bed. So, sometimes I go to sleep at 11:30PM and sometimes I don't sleep at all for 2 or 3 days. Usually, I sleep at 2AM and wake up at 10:00 to 12:00 lunch time. I wake up and brush my teeth and sit on my computer to get inspired. I watch youtube videos and check my instagram for some cool inspos and in the middle of everything I'm always using my sketchbook to draw some stuff that comes in my head. That process is all over the day throughout night. I only stop to eat. I really love what I do. It's a very pleasent process for me.

Think too much about design through your day. If you're in an elevator, take a look around and add everything that's inside to your "design memory". If you don't have a good memory, use your phone and take pictures of what you think it's cool. Design is EVERYWHERE! Don't miss it. If you acumulate enough, with time you won't need so much references to do your job.

You're bringing something visual to this world. Wich is awesome. People will remember you because of your visual creations. Negative is not everyone has an interst in design or don't give too much value to it. You will definitely find those people and that's okay, I guess, it's life.

Do things that make you happy. If you are happy, you can spread to others.

Creativity, curiosity, learn what you need to accomplish your work.

pen and paper. PC and 3D softs and references.

I use most of my time to design. I feel happy doing it and I really try not to spend other things that don't bring me joy on my day.

Sometimes, a hour. Sometimes, an year. But most times, a couple of hours.

How do you have the mind to create that?!
What did you study?
Do you like what you do?

To understand that every client has its own needs. You are there to try and gather the information and design something amazing for them based on your style and experience.

I don't have yet. I only worked with friends and other people around me.

I love objets. The small things in a home.
I think that an object can be taken from one place to another. That's different for a interior design for example. The interior will be changed over time. The object can be part of another place. I think we connect more with objects.

Design more objets and try to get in the industrial area where my designs can be fabricated and people can buy it.

I started with a partner a few years ago but, now I'm creating by myself.

Not really. I design a lot of stuff during the day. Now I'm thinking more of a new portfolio and how I will deliver these new designs online.

On my instagram: @romulotemigue
e-mail: romulotemigue@gmail.com
whatsapp: +5513981067626

I don't think so. I think your questions will gather all the info haha