Interview with Yang PENG

8C Design is committed to being a maker of elegant space and an advocate of poetic life. The company provides precise design services covering space remodeling, style positioning and interior furnishings. We embark on design journeys with our clients as a collective experience to explore market demands, environment sustainability and design technology with the hope of resonating with our shared positions. We firmly believe that design is problem solving and communication. Meanwhile, from spatial solution point of view, the company emphasizes the balance between aesthetics and practicality.

Solving Problems.

Architecture Design.

My favorite design should give us a feeling of nature, simple, raw and joviality.

The symbol(DNA)of company.

The favorite material is raw stone.

When I get alone.

My focus would be safety and durability.

Without any emotion, just focus on design.

When I fall in a design mood, nothing can stop me thinking but the closure of project. Sometimes I feel depressed when it finishes, just feel like ending a relationship.

I have no idea how to define the success, winning an award or getting recognition from the public？If so, a considerable client and work-hard team would be indispensable.

Consider if the presentation of design meets the original purpose.

Update living environment.

Circular economy will be main topic in the future of design.

Inspiration may happen in anywhere: a trip, a conversation, or even a diner.
Live a life in another way to earn much more possibilities in design.

Monochrome could present my design style, as being simple and clear is a challenge thing while process a design.
The methodology of design：pose questions, do researches, know background, brief requirements and challenges, come up with ideas, find out the better answer. Mostly we have to circle this methodology if the result is not satisfying.

I live in China. The Chinese culture is rich and affects our life and mind indeed. Every culture has its own attribute. No matter whether it positive or not, they all could promote the development of design in country.

I prefer listening to opinions of my companies, learning things from different angles may help me be close to the “answer”.

Focus would be the important thing.

Pose questions, do researches, know background, brief requirements and challenges, come up with ideas, find out the better answer. Mostly we have to circle this methodology if the result is not satisfying.

UTRECHT、LC4、UP、Juicy Salif

Work, eat, drink and breath.

Just experience what you do now.

Million times challenges and Non-stop thinking are both positive as well as negative.

Solving problems.

Know how to communicate with people or space.

Movies and philosophy books is food of inspiration.

Design method helps us to plan out the timetable. However sometimes, balance between work and family should be seriously managed during a task.

It is hard to give an accurate length of project. Some could be completed in a year around, and even more took much longer. There are many factors to decide the duration.

Clients had asked me many questions. But I did not summarize the frequently asked question, which is regular about design and budget; instead, the novel and strange question could intrigue me a lot.

What I do now is important for me.

Honestly, they are rich indeed, and stick to the suitable high-quality life, instead of squandering and flaunting their wealth.

Yes, we work as a team.

Email: mengzhang@8cpsace.com