We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Marwan Mrad about their original and creative Luxury Car Showroom design work. Marwan Mrad is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original luxury car showroom works.
Marwan Mrad ("MM") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Emirati One Luxury Car Showroom. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
MM : The main principle is making the best use out of the showroom spaces as per client’s requirements and allocated area, yet giving a modern environment that indicates type of items displayed.
MM : Giving a futuristic look yet make the showroom blend with the surrounding environment
MM : Executing as per the design as we are doing in the current time.
MM : The most important phase of designing which is planning and working on the layout took almost two weeks while discussing with client also, to be followed by two more weeks for working on the visualizing and choosing materials and textures.
MM : Each and every design style follows some standards yet, no space can look the same even if designed as per the same style. The showroom boundaries and shape itself gives it a unique look supported by our black and white curvy lines theme to give the modern style, yet a distinct feel.
MM : We have no intention of selling the project as we aim to do even more outstanding projects and keep competing on the fast track of worldwide interior design domain.
MM : A good designer is always up and ready for new experiences and challenges. It is enough for him to understand the philosophy of human activities and needs which enable him to design all kinds of functions, so no particular project function only is to be designed but it is a sensible progress in its earliest phases.
MM : It is good to stay always up to date with all is ongoing worldwide in design field. Instagram, Behance, and Pinterest websites may be good visual libraries to keep your mind always fresh, but life experiences are definitely your best teacher especially when you are living in Dubai, city of innovation and modernism.
MM : Mostly the clients looking for extraordinary and creative experiences, also investors who have futuristic ambitions and ideas.
MM : Emirati One; It defines the location of showroom and nationalism of owners as (Emirati) and defines the elite character as (one)
MM : Some software skills like: 3ds max- AutoCad- Photoshop and some hand sketching skills as well.
MM : Our most unique aspect of the design comparing to the main is the Shape as the shapes of lines we used are the most important determinants.
MM : No collaboration with another party was needed regarding design part as DPI design team consists of a group of hardworking creative architects and interior designers, yet we cooperated with Bluerhine Company for technical details regarding the Hologram technology and the screens visuals.
MM : Automation in such a project is one of the most important techniques used in the showroom as it eases the control of certain kind of lights to keep focus on some displays for example.
MM : Architectural researches about space were mostly done in addition to some studies about shapes, colors, textures effect in interior spaces to accomplish the final goal.
MM : Main challenge was the hard and unorganized shape of the showroom itself in addition to fitting certain number of cars as per client requirements within a limited area.
MM : We were sure about creativity level of our design as we heard about the competition, we were so excited to know we will be competing with the most creative minds around the world.
MM : Each project comes with a new lesson, new customer mindset and requirements, in such projects we are glad to deal with a space in a crowded area with an irregular shape and some out of the box ideas.
MM : Would like to appreciate the proficiency and quality of questions.
