Interview with Anastassiya Koktysheva
Anastassiya Leonova is Founder and Designer FILO, Kazakhstani based design studio. She works with human senses, memories and emotions. Her products is a love of simple, but ingenious solutions.
Designer Interview
3 May 2018
When I was a child I l was very creative. I liked to make theatrical performances for my family and then for neighbors. I wanted to be an actress, singer, writer and fashion designer. My desires was changing during my growing up. I think I could become anyone. Finally I choose The Architectural Academy where I got acquainted with Product Design.
FILO is Kazakhstani based design studio. We work with human senses, memories and emotions. Our products is a love of simple, but ingenious solutions. Our interest is the ecology of the design system and how it can create a local design identity. There are interested in what can be made with what is available locally and how the sector can grow locally supporting suppliers and manufacturers as well as designers in order to create internationally viable products.
Design for me it is a way to speak with people without words. Sometimes you need one sight to understand the meaning of message
I like designing lighting. I feel free without borders
My opinion of my favorite design is always different. It depend on my mood
It was a Reflects floor lamp. My first serious project
I like work with metal, wood and leather. Sometimes I look for the interpretation of these materials in new forms
When I travel. This is the best time to create new forms, new products.
To be witty in ideas
I feel warm inside myself and very excited with result and I feel happy
Sometimes I feel empty but sometimes I have a full of power
Combination of beauty, safety and simplicity
The first aspect is a fresh idea or not
I think that the designer has a great responsibility for all his actions and inventions
Designer is a profession of future. All we have is our unique creative minds
It was in Moscow Salone Satellite for young designers in October 2017. I want to hold fro the several exhibitions around the world. 1- Stockholm Design Week, 2- Salone Satellite Milan, 3- Miami Design week
I don't look for inspiration I just enjoying life and ideas comes to me. I love travel and during this time I feel feeding my creativity. I am always reading a different literature and sometimes I see the ideas from there
I love minimal details and materials. Just idea
I live in Kazakhstan in Almaty and Astana. Kazakh culture very rich and I try to look for identity in design. What is the Kazakh chair, lamp or table? It is a culture of nomadic people. They didn't have their permanent place of habitation and they needed look for the new places with water and fertile soil and that's why the tables was just the tablecloth on the floor and instead of chairs was special pillows. This is a very interesting research in design.
First I have an idea on piece of paper and then I make a design models. That's how I understand the construction and sizes and after that we prototyping
To be simple and creative
From one month to 1 year
Work in group of designers
I develop my design
Using my web site www.f-i-l-o.com or instagram anastassiya_leonova