Design Hunter Q+A with Copper Industrial Design by Editorial Team | 28 May, 2014 Hot on the heels of their win at the Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award, we catch up with Viktor Legin and Edward Linacre of Copper Industrial Design to hear about their candid, down-to-earth, and often humorous design favourites. Your name: Viktor Legin and Edward Linacre of COPPER ID What you do: Industrial/Product design, lighting/furniture/object design, installation design. Your latest project: Additionally to our commercial and residential lighting projects we are working with Sussex Taps on a range of bathroom fixtures, and continuing our consultancy work including Medical Devices for MDI reaching market this year. We will also be releasing a new product of our own later in the year; the first we have truly designed together. Our new communal art/design/media hub we are building – Mycelium Studios – is taking shape and is an incubator for ideas. Who are three people that inspire/excite you: Vik – Nikola Tesla Ed – Buckminster Fuller What is your favourite… Car/bike/plane/boat model: We both have strong feelings for our first cars: Vik – Toyota Corolla 1978 KE35 Ed – second hand Toyota Tercel in Canada driven with snowboards strapped to the roof. Chair model: Vik – Eames Aluminium group executive chair Ed – KONSTANTIN GRCIC CHAIR 1 Residential space: The recent Swinburne Avenue house by Doherty Design Studio and Rossetti architects. And our parent’s houses to escape the vortex of work. Commercial space: MONA in Tasmania, and our own Mycelium Studios. Decorative product: Vik – My bonsai tree Ed – Ross lovegrove Helix staircase Functional product: Vik – My Glasses Ed – My Bike Handmade good: Vik – my handmade leather wallet Ed – Stoneware lights – Adam Cornish Mass-produced good: Vik – Pioneer DJ Headphones Ed – Leatherman Meal: Vik – Slow cooked ribs and potatoes Ed – Mum’s Roast Restaurant: Vik – Meat and Wine Co Ed – Meatballs and Wine Drink: Ed and Vik – Andrew Tarlington’s Beer Bar: Vik – Killing Time Ed – The Yarra Item in your studio: Vik – TLS desk Lamp Ed – Terrarium Piece of technology: Vik – my Pioneer CDJ’s decks and mixer Ed – Lasers, man Fictional character: Vik – Batman Ed – Superwoman Vice: Yes, in the workshop. Virtue: Vik – Do it once, do it right. Ed – Make the most of every moment. What does the term design hunter mean to you? A spy with great taste in design. Copper won the Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award for 2014. templeandwebster.com.au/eda Related Posts
