I've been working with the company for on-going products' packaging design, therefore it will be a long-term collaboration.
01What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I've been working with the company for on-going products' packaging design, therefore it will be a long-term collaboration.
02How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
Approximately 3 weeks.
03Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
Yes, Occasional Motto is being used already by the company.
04What made you design this particular type of work?
I know the founder of the company very well personally, and we've worked on multiple projects before. So, when he mentioned that he was about to founding a stationery studio and asked me to design a brand identity for him, I accept the offer with no hesitation.
05Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
Nod Young from the A Black Cover Design
06Who is the target customer for his design?
College students and people who works in art-related professions.
07What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
The unity of the design throughout the arrangement of the texts and illustration, and the refarain use of decorative design languages, Occasional Motto's brand identity shows a distinct and unique appearance among similar products.
08How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
Occasional Motto is the company's name.
09Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
Adobe Illustrator and photoshop.
10What is the most unique aspect of your design?
The unity of the design throughout the arrangement of the texts and illustration, and the refrain use of decorative design languages, Occasional Motto's brand identity shows a distinct and unique appearance among similar products.
11Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
No I worked on the design on my own.
12Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
Yes and no. I did research a lot before starting the project, mostly on other stationery products, which is a vital part of the brand design process, the competing-products research. But I will not say my design is influenced by the data or the research, the research is just a supplementary tool, but not necessarily a decisive approach.
13What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
The design process of the Occasional Motto was very smooth. Because I know the funder of the company personally very well and had worked for him on multiple design projects before so I kind of know his personal tastes and fondness.
14How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
I just want to see how experienced professionals view my works as designer.
15What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
Communicating with my clients and see what they like and what they don't of the work.
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Design to me is to find a balance between structure and forms with both aesthetic approach and universal method.
01What is "design" for you?
Design to me is to find a balance between structure and forms with both aesthetic approach and universal method.
02What kinds of works do you like designing most?
Brand identity and event-based visual identity.
03What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
EDITOR Brand Identity designed by A Black Cover Design. The studio decided to find a design language that “almost no one has done before” for EDITOR which is prospective, easy-to-operate and expandable. Design is conceived with the literal meaning of EDITOR as a starting point using an editor’s thinking pattern: an image is defined as a content space to be filled with information. This is an operation mode that copes with changes by sticking to a fundamental principle.
04When do you feel the most creative?
After work-out.
05Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
The over-all unity of the designed project.
06What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
Excited and pressure.
07What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
Releasing and very proud of, not myself, by my works.
08What makes a design successful?
Being acknowledged by not only the clients, but also the targeting customers.
09When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
Does it convey the information and contexts of the design efficiently.
10From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
Encourage the public to learn that good design is not only supplementary, but necessary to the society and plays a vital role in their daily life.
11How do you work with companies?
Communication is really important, especially when you try to covey the design idea to them. Sometimes, one design moves you a lot because you are the designer and you are capable of seeing through the design itself and get the idea of it. However, this doesn’t apply to everyone, as a designer, we have to explain where our design idea comes from, and why does it matter thoroughly to our clients so that they can feel what we felt during the design process.
12What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
Personally I am still a young designer, so I don't think I am experienced enough to share any suggestions.
13Can you talk a little about your design process?
Nothing special, brand research-brain storming-draft on notebook-put them together on software.
14What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
My MacBook Pro, my iPad-pro, my MUJI notebook, my pentel graphgear 1000 auto-pencil, and my uni pom drawing pens.
15Can you describe a day in your life?
have a full-time job during the day, 9-6 every day. I will usually work on my personal project after 7 pm each night.
16Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
Personally I am still a young designer, so I don't think I am experienced enough to share "pearls of wisdom".
17From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
There are lots of positives, and the first and foremost to me is that being a designer helps me look things and objects in a more detailed approach. The negative of being a designer, hmm, I think is you really need to spend a lot of time sitting in front of your computer and that really hurts your eyes.
18What is your "golden rule" in design?
Practice, not imagination.
19What skills are most important for a designer?
Observation.
20Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
Mostly Adobe Photoshop and illustrator.
21Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
Usually I would set a certain time slot as my "design" time, 4 hours a day usually.
22How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
Usually takes me about a week to two weeks.
23What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
Do you make a lot of money of being a graphic designer :)
24What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
I really like the feeling when different parts of one design project eventually converge to a whole. This part always moves me a lot, it seems to me like a new life is born out of my hand.
25What are your future plans? What is next for you?
I am planning to continue my academic life in the near future. So maybe I will apply for the graduate school.
26Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
I develop my designs myself.
27Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
Right now I am working with a new biotech company on their brand identity.
A' Design Award គឺជាពានរង្វាន់រចនាល្អអន្តរជាតិដែលវាយតម្លៃដោយគណៈកម្មការ។ ចូលរួមក្នុង A' Design Award ដើម្បីទទួលបានឱកាសក្នុងការទទួលស្គាល់ដោយគុណសម្បត្តិ ទទួលបានកិត្តិនាម កិត្តិយស និងការផ្សព្វផ្សាយសម្រាប់ការងាររបស់អ្នក។ ដាក់ស្នាដៃរបស់អ្នកសម្រាប់ A' Design Award ហើយប្រកួតប្រជែងដើម្បីឈ្នះ A' Design Prize ដ៏គោរពរាប់អាន។
