Your name: Luis Gomez Siu
What you do: Architecture between Lima and Sydney + handmade cardboard furniture design
Your latest project: Terrace House in Sydney’s Surry Hills
Who are three people that inspire/excite you:
1. Marcio Kogan
2. Tom Ford
3. Olafur Eliasson
What is your favourite…
Car/bike/plane/boat model: Any timber boat by Italians Riva or Wally
Chair model: Series 7 by Arne Jacobsen
Residential space: Wall-less House by Shigeru Ban
Commercial space: Arc De La Defense, Paris
Decorative product: Donald Judd’s Stacks [if I could just have one in my living room]
Functional product: My pushbike by Tokyo Bikes
Handmade good: My timber sunglasses by Shwood
Mass-produced good: Timber disposable cutlery
Meal: Ceviche in summer
Restaurant: Fasano, Sao Paulo
Drink: Hendricks + Tonic + Cucumber + Cracked Pepper
Bar: Panorama Bar/Berghain, Berlin
Item in your studio: My Capas Chair
Piece of technology: iPhone
Historical figure: Alfonso Ugarte
Fictional character: Dr. Schultz played by Christoph Waltz [Django Unchained]
Vice: Messina
Virtue: Treat others the way I want to be treated
What does the term ‘Design Hunter’ mean to you? The art to identify processes and products that have a strong positive impact on your lifestyle
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