We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Kairo Kusamoto about their original and creative Conceptual Furniture design work. Kairo Kusamoto is an award-winning communication designer, that makes our world a better place with their original conceptual furniture works.
Kairo Kusamoto ("KK") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work grade B shelf Conceptual Furniture. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
KK : I thought about the importance of understanding not only linguistically (somehow, cool, pretty etc) about the value the thing has and the value the person finds from things.I am thinking that there are important elements other than the value that can be formulated, quantified and dataable like monetary value and function. As a result, the sense of distance to objets and things is shrinking and I think that it is possible to understand the other side.
KK : I incorporate Roland Bart's semiotics and the concept of time in Heidegger's books in my work.As a result,I found value in hierarchy and stratification of the meaning of one symbol and object, and assembled the concept from there. In the concept of time,The act of laborious acts or the act of taking time means that the producer uses the time until his death for production.In other words, production acts can be said to be gorgeous time usage until the death of the author.So I created a delicate object by glass, but at the same time it contains a heavy context of death of the producer.
KK : I would like to disseminate works using ideas for work I have acquired in previous studies. This time it was the first presentation outside my home country, so I would like to send it to the outside more.
KK : it was also research verification at my graduate school,it took about 1 year.
KK : At current graduate school ,Based on the research of “Meaning” and “Value” of objects, I have mainly produced furniture .so,this work is also research verification.
KK : I work myself.
KK : conceptual design method.
KK : dutch designer and contemporary artist.
KK : People all over the world.
KK : Conversion of the value of the symbol. And the plan using the concept of time <life and death> of a person.
KK : This objec was made with a glass marble(called "B-DAMA" in japan) with a context of a defective item.The marble has come from the name B which is a meaning of a defective item.I attempted to change the meaning that the marbles have, especially by using B-DAMA used in Japan for furniture decoration.
KK : glass marbles,acrylic,resin
KK : Concept construction and its materialization.
KK : I believe that I can create opportunities to think about the problem of time / death, which is far from people head by various information and desires about the value of goods and goods through my work.
KK : i research about what is the value of design and time. Based on the books of Heidegger and Lolambardt.
KK : How to make a structure.
KK : Japan don't have the category of my work and design.
KK : I learned that If you are doing productions and designs as compensating acts of time until your death or labor (not being a hobby's saisaku, getting a price as a symbol of death), there is no intention in it, In some cases I would like to make a chance to think about what it means to tailor to the trend.
