Chien-Yuan Wang

LEGENDARY INTERVIEW

Design Legends ("DL") had the distinct honour to interview legendary designer Chien-Yuan Wang ("CW") for their original perspective and innovative approach to design as well as their creative lifestyle, we are very pleased to share our interview with our distinguished readers.

DL: Could you please tell us a bit about your design background and education?

CW : Design comes from art - oil painting/(Fu Jen Catholic University-Department of Business Administration)(Hwa Hsia University of Techonology-Mechanical Department)

DL: What motivates you to design in general, why did you become a designer?

CW : love in life Aesthetics in life

DL: Did you choose to become a designer, or you were forced to become one?

CW : Choose to become a designer

DL: What do you design, what type of designs do you wish to design more of?

CW : Interior design / Related art spaces

DL: What should young designers do to become a design legend like you?

CW : Engage more in art study and discussion of human nature

DL: What distinguishes between a good designer and a great designer?

CW : space exploration / Ignite the spark in your life

DL: What makes a good design a really good design, how do you evaluate good design?

CW : Meet human needs / Promote harmony between man and nature

DL: What is the value of good design? Why should everyone invest in good design?

CW : Promote people's hearts to be better/ Sincerity, kindness, and beauty are investments that promote a better world

DL: What would you design and who would you design for if you had the time?

CW : Religious belief field environment

DL: What is the dream project you haven’t yet had time to realize?

CW : Public index design project

DL: What is your secret recipe of success in design, what is your secret ingredient?

CW : Starting from the original heart, resonating beautiful frequencies with relevant people, things, and things - generating design energy

DL: Who are some other design masters and legends you get inspired from?

CW : Frank Lloyd Wright / Ieoh Ming Pei

DL: What are your favorite designs by other designers, why do you like them?

CW : おてらおやつクラブ，Otera Oyatsu Club / Promote social beauty

DL: What is your greatest design, which aspects of that design makes you think it is great?

CW : Beauty of Nordic Dawn / Doctors and patients jointly create beautiful medical effects through designed space

DL: How could people improve themselves to be better designers, what did you do?

CW : Learn more about the culture of your region and learn about art / Art Revolution Taipei, A.R.T. 2013-(charity program/Celebrity Charity)

DL: If you hadn’t become a designer, what would you have done?

CW : Enterprise management project personnel / Integration of resources-Create enterprise and social beauty

DL: How do you define design, what is design for you?

CW : Design is to serve human beings, and service value is creating beauty

DL: Who helped you to reach these heights, who was your biggest supporter?

CW : My wife, there is no doubt, she is not only my wife , but also a good partner in my work.

DL: What helped you to become a great designer?

CW : Experience in life, reflection on life

DL: What were the obstacles you faced before becoming a design master?

CW : Affirmation of self-life value? / External utilitarian environment-conflict of interests and values

DL: How do you think designers should present their work?

CW : Express design concepts through design competitions and spread beautiful energy through works

DL: What’s your next design project, what should we expect from you in future?

CW : Future Medical Enterprise Group Headquarters / Generate energy through design space, create beautiful medical quality, and extend the beauty of life

DL: What’s your ultimate goal as a designer?

CW : Achieve beauty and lead happiness

DL: What people expect from an esteemed designer such as yourself?

CW : Let’s share the beautiful energy together and move towards happiness

DL: How does design help create a better society?

CW : Generate happy energy through works - convey this concept and generate good energy that resonates with society

DL: What are you currently working on that you are especially excited about?

CW : Design project concept ideas

DL: Which design projects gave you the most satisfaction, why?

CW : Future medical space design project / Continue the value of good life

DL: What would you like to see changed in design industry in the coming years?

CW : Through the development of AI, more diverse and original designs can be produced

DL: Where do you think the design field is headed next?

CW : Design can be like artistic creation, reaching into the human heart

DL: How long does it take you to finalize a design project?

CW : 1~3 months

DL: When you have a new design project, where do you start?

CW : Internalization of needs to generate new value needs through meditation

DL: What is your life motto as a designer?

CW : （ I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. -Mother Teresa）

DL: Do you think design sets the trends or trends set the designs?

CW : Design leads the trend

DL: What is the role of technology when you design?

CW : Reduce repetitive tasks in routine tasks

DL: What kind of design software and equipment do you use in your work?

CW : Auto Cad / 3d max / Sketch-up

DL: What is the role of the color, materials and ambient in design?

CW : complementation and contrast / textured / combination of elements

DL: What do you wish people to ask about your design?

CW : What feelings or thoughts do you have during the dialogue with the work?

DL: When you see a new great design or product what comes into your mind?

CW : Creator's inner world

DL: Who is your ideal design partner? Do you believe in co-design?

CW : My wife (creative director) / believe

DL: Which people you interacted had the most influence on your design?

CW : Frank Lloyd Wright

DL: Which books you read had the most effect on your design?

CW : Tao Te Ching

DL: How did you develop your skills as a master designer?

CW : reading and meditation

DL: Irrelative of time and space, who you would want to meet, talk and discuss with?

CW : inner self

DL: How do you feel about all the awards and recognition you had, is it hard to be famous?

CW : International standards-open mind-appreciate beauty / not easy

DL: What is your favorite color, place, food, season, thing and brand?

CW : green / mountain / pumpkin / autumn / Tai Chi / dun hill

DL: Please tell us a little memoir, a funny thing you had experienced as a designer?

CW : At the construction site of the hill design project, I worked with the creative director to stay up all night and stick the mosaic note tiles on the glass piece by piece (because there would be no dust in the middle of the night)

DL: What makes your day great as a designer, how do you motivate yourself?

CW : After exercising in the morning and before getting ready for work

DL: When you were a little child, was it obvious that you would become a great designer?

CW : Never thought about it

DL: What do you think about future; what do you see will happen in thousand years from now?

CW : The continuation of the beauty of the world / Enhancement of human spiritual dimension

DL: Please tell us anything you wish your fans to know about you, your design and anything else?

CW : Source of design ideas