Interview with Trayan Stamov
A design engineer with a clear understanding of practical design and model development. Received a PhD in 2014 on the emotional design concepts.
Designer Interview
23 April 2016
For as long as I can remember, I have had a passion for art and design.
"Design" is my career. At the same time, it is more fun than work to me.
Automotive design products.
I successfully completed projects on exterior tuning design for Range Rover Sport 2010 Startech, Range Rover Vogue 2010 Startech, Jaguar XK Startech and Mercedes-Benz SLS Brabus from the research and sketching concept, through the modeling design details, up to implementation and production by BRABUS GmbH, Bottrop, Germany.
My favorite materials are materials that come from the nature.
In recent years I am interested on the emotional design. In 2014 I received a PhD degree on the emotional design concepts.
Inspiration.
Satisfaction.
For me a successful design is not only related to the functionality of the product. The emotional benefits are also very important.
I consider a design as good, when there is nothing more to add or to remove from it.
The question about the responsibilities of designers for environment is very actual today. Everyone should be responsible towards environment protection. Since the work of the designer requires using of specific materials and technologies, it has to make sure that they are always environment friendly. In addition, since the work of a designer arouses a great deal of interests and attraction, he must be very responsible in his efforts to inspire human emotions and understandings.
In my opinion, the development of the new design strategies on the emotional effect of the contemporary design
will be the future challenge for design.
will be the future challenge for design.
My main sources of inspiration are the nature and the techniques.
A creative symbiosis between knowledge on different contemporary design techniques and a great enthusiasm
A good professional is an artist and has a talent and a passion for design.
Drawing, Modelling, Hand and digital sketching, Ability to generate new ideas, Problem-solving skills, Research skills, CAD skills (opportunity to apply CAD to vehicle design project works), Knowledge of ergonomic issues, Emotional design, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Autodesk 3D Studio Max, V-Ray rendering, Siemens NX, Interactive and multimedia presentation
I am an Assistant Professor in Design at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. I can be reached at my university e-mail address: tstamov@tu-sofia.bg