We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Robert van Embricqs about their original and creative Transforming Bowl design work. Robert van Embricqs is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original transforming bowl works.
Robert van Embricqs ("RVE") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Rising Shell Transforming Bowl. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
RVE : The main principle behind my design is to create an interaction between the product and the end user. Resulting in a journey how the design emerge by unfolding a flat construction. In nature we find pure logic for the function it carries. Therefor constructions, whether beautiful or not have always a purpose for it shape. The honest way nature construct is the way I would like to reflect in my work.
RVE : My main focus was to surprise the end user by the flexibility of the work and show how design gets created.
RVE : My future plans for this award winning design is to reach more living rooms and kitchen tables and to find retailers that can help me spread the word and the design
RVE : Simon Velez, a Colombian architect that works only with bamboo is one of my inspirational sources. Despite limiting himself to one type of material he can create the most fascinating and complex structures.
RVE : The target customer for Simon Velez his designs are people that appreciate Architectural constructions made out of bamboo
RVE : The Rising Shell has an interesting way of transforming, this will surprise the end user any time they unfold the piece. The material combination of wood and rubber is unique with the function it carries.
RVE : The name Rising has been used
RVE : Not only is bamboo is an environmentally friendly material, it is also very strong and durable.
