Oleh Syrbu

Specialized in Limited Edition Design.

Oleh Syrbu

About Oleh Syrbu

Oleh Syrbu became a blacksmith at the call of his heart. This craft brings him satisfaction every day. After seven years of experimenting with stainless steel, Oleh founded the “LF LaceFerr” brand, and under this trademark presents his best creations, which can be noted as non-traditional, authentic, emotional handicrafts. Oleh believes that this is his calling to create beautiful and unique products using steel, crystal and fire. In this process, he spends almost all his free time for more than twenty years.

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Interview with Oleh Syrbu

Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
Now it is a small private family enterprise. The main activity - designing and manufacturing of interior solutions made of stainless steel, crystal and art glass. Our products are sold under the brand “LaceFerr” and they are high quality handmade products. The uniqueness of our production is the use of the ancient blacksmith's art with its own techniques of working with stainless steel. We have developed a very flexible production cycle and we can quickly adapt it to manufacturing of new products, keeping a high level of quality.
What is "design" for you?
For me design is a harmony of shapes, colors, material, sizes, smells, sounds. All these aspects create the general perception of the design as good. A beautiful thing with the smell of cheap plastic or an elegant chair which wobbles is a bad design
What kinds of works do you like designing most?
Everything that is related with the interior. It's light, furniture, balustrades, ladders, art objects and more.
What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
It is floor lamp - my first art product from stainless steel. I created it in an aspiration of inspiration. This product has a human growth and is like a flirty dancer, frozen in playful pose. A sketch of the floor lamp was sketched at the end of the day on a piece of paper, and I was so fascinated by this process so I stayed at work until midnight. In the next days, I worked very hard to see the final result somewhat quicker.
What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
Stainless steel. It is a noble material with great decorative look, high strength and durability.
When do you feel the most creative?
After a good rest, for example, after another trip to my favorite Spain with its dazzling sun and authentic architecture.
Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
I strive for the unusual and artistic forms. I wish my project looked like an art product.
What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
I'm happy. Each realized project is like my baby that I raised and released into the world. With some projects it is difficult to part.
When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
I believe that good design is perceived generally at the level of general emotional feelings. In other words, it is harmony. Design can be challenging, stylish, aggressive, but in any situation harmonious.
How would you describe your design style? What made you explore more this style and what are the main characteristics of your style? What's your approach to design?
This is a Modern. I prefer the smooth natural forms and dynamic images. I prefer to draw by hand, because when I draw by hand I am in time with my thoughts.
Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
The basis of good design is a good idea. Exactly this idea shapes such aspects of design as form, color, material, user experience and so on. You need to find and develop your own style. The good master always has brightly expressed style, and that's what makes it unique. You should not engage in copying, follow fashion trends and so on; first of all, you need to be honest in his work. And, of course, you have to work a lot.
What skills are most important for a designer?
A good imagination. If you can close your eyes and see your idea, consider that half of the work is done.
Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
I practice a certain philosophy in attitude to my lifestyle and food. It helps me to be in good physical and mental form. When it is necessary, I work up to fifteen hours a day. I want to note that it gives me pleasure in my forty-five years.
What was your most important job experience?
I'm not just a designer, but I'm also an engineer who understands how it can be made. It makes my projects sustainable.
What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
It is interior solutions. Here is the minimum number of input requirements and, accordingly, wide area for improvisation - the main thing is to create something beautiful and comfortable.
What are your future plans? What is next for you?
We plan to create a European company in the nearest future to offer our finished services and products in Europe. We develop several collections of finished premium-class products made from stainless steel, crystal and art glass for interiors. We are considering variants of participation in design exhibitions.
How can people contact you?
The best way is to send an email to mail@laceferr.com or laceferr@gmail.com. I'll be glad to be useful. You can leave a quick message on Viber, WhatsApp, Imo on phone number 380954636881 and I will answer as soon as I can.

Extended Interview with Oleh Syrbu

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I have the highest Polytechnic education; I am the engineer-constructor. However, I was drawn to applied arts; I have always loved to create something with my hands. It happened that I started to get into blacksmithing by my own, in which design is an indefeasible part of the process. After some time, this hobby started to generate income and became my business. I have no education as a designer and my skills in this area develop on their own.
How did you become a designer?
The wish to create is haunting me since childhood. I have a constant wish to change things around, give them a unique shape. It applies to clothing, furniture, car, motorcycle and so on. All this is my world in which I live, and this world is transforming at my request. It's very cool.
What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
I want to note that I am a designer and manufacturer. And so that the produced products are sold well, we need, among other things, good design. That’s why my development as a designer is an indefeasible part of my professional growth. Here, everything is connected, because the final result of my design activities are physical products .
Which emotions do you feel when designing?
I create the objects of interior made of stainless steel. Furniture, lamps, chandeliers and art objects. Stainless steel as the material really attracts me. Any product made of this material looks luxurious. It's hard to say what type of construction I am drawn to more, but in general this is beautiful products with difficult shapes from natural materials.
What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
You need to find and develop your own style. The good master always has brightly expressed style, and that's what makes it unique. You should not engage in copying, follow fashion trends and so on; first of all, you need to be honest in his work. And, of course, you have to work a lot.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
I think that good design is perceived generally at the level of general emotional feelings. In other words, it is harmony. Design can be challenging, stylish, aggressive, but in any situation harmonious.
What is your day to day look like?
With great pleasure I would develop the house with an autonomous software system based on green technology. In this house with unusual shape will work unusual system that produces the necessary for comfortable habitation of human types of energy from natural sources such as sunlight, wind, cold of soil. The design of these systems will be a harmonious part of the natural landscape around the house. I would like to build such house for my family.
How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?
It is compact and economical vehicle in which the best sides of car and motorcycle are realized, with the unique hybrid engine system. I intend to create a working prototype of this project in the nearest future.
How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
I never limit myself in the content and size of my ideas. As for me nothing is impossible or inaccessible. I am sure that human develop his possibilities just as much as he have enough courage to afford .
How do you decide if your design is ready?
The works of Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi undoubtedly influenced most strongly to my vision of design. Every time I come to Barcelona, I immerse myself in the images of his creations. In my opinion, Gaudi’s works is an example of a design that is timeless. His works today is as good as a hundred years ago and in a hundred years from now they will look the same brave and gorgeous as today.
Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
First of all, it should be your way. And if it is, you need to submerge in this process with the enthusiasm of a child who builds his tower in his favorite sandbox. Everything else will come.
Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy?
Design is one of the ways of exit to the surface of my creative potential. Maybe I could become a good musician, artist. I believe that there is not a big difference in how a person realizes his wish to create beautiful products, spiritual or material, it is important that people in general found this path.
What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?
This is my wife, Elena. She was always inspired by my work and helped to get out of a creative depression. And she lowered me to the ground when I rose too high in my fantasies. We work together for many years and I can't imagine my development without her participation.

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