Interview with Bianca Tresoldi

At the age of 14 I chose an artistic education, the passion for sign, shape, architecture, design, art has grown along my life, and I cannot live without it. The composition of shapes and colors, created by human beings and in nature, are something magical that I observe with obsessive insistence. The details a very important for reorganizing the set of signs in harmony.

After the preliminary phase, which is typically conceptual, the project is normally developed through a final phase, to identify the types of lighting appliances to be used, the light sources, the optics and everything that has to be established for the feasibility of the design.
The “lighting tests” are fundamental. With the aim of checking the formal relations between lighting and the architecture of the place and the sensations that the light creates, these are visual emotions which are essential to convey to the client the final effect to be obtained.
The last phase is typically that of execution, in which all the details are defined, through graphic scale diagrams, drawings of technical details, technical product information, evaluative metric calculations… and everything the installer needs for the electrical circuit and installation of the lighting appliances.
Sometimes when face to face with a project the need emerges to make a detailed study to create a “special” made-to-measure product for the client; from the simplest modification of a support for an existing appliance to more substantial modifications such as variations of optical groups and sources, to the complete design of a new lighting system with characteristics and performances meeting the needs of the design.

My office deals with light projects for public and private spaces. To be a lighting designer, it’s a very interesting activity because artificial light is everywhere.
Working in architectural and environmental contexts in a different aesthetics style.
My task is to listen the soul of the work and translate it into a lighting project integrated with the architect’s philosophy.
Sometimes I design new products to fulfill specific needs

Design is a technical, scientific, humanistic, and sociological discipline, a link between invention, style, technique, research, production, market. Design tries to solve problems in all areas where it is applied. Making design means having a careful look at the world that revolves around the idea, from production to distribution by interfacing with industry, economy, marketing, and psychology. The definition of “design” is difficult to define, there are too many, but it is strength and the ability to act that design represents a fundamental field for the transformation of society.

I really like designing furnishing, mainly for my homes. I always start from a design requirement and market analysis, to start designing what is needed at that moment. Jack is a corten wardrobe for the guest room. It is the silhouette of Jack who keeps company in the bedroom, containing clothes without having the heaviness of a pieces of furniture. Or “Riflesso” is an alternative to be applied to windows instead of curtains, a sculpture in glass, with primary form, suspended where it is needed on the window. It allows you to hide part of the room, allowing light to enter and at the same time dilate the space.

I don’t have a favorite design, I’m a versatile person, instinctive and not inclined to follow trends.

During my career I have designed many lighting fixtures for my projects. I remember a project for a church, a large chandelier, 3,5 mt diameter with 35 luminaries inside.
The collaboration with the manufacture of the chandelier was very interesting a grate experience

Metals, iron, corten, steel, copper, brass,.. I am very seduce by their surface changes over time, if treated in a natural way. Light is my favorite material. It is a material without texture with a strong character, it fills places even if it has no specific weight. Light is a magical material.

Whenever there is an issue to be solve, my creativity is more motivated to find new solutions

Planning requires a lot of concentration, if you neglect a planning phase, the castle collapses on the subsequent steps. The initial part of the project, the concept, is certainly the most beautiful and creative, thoughts fly, and the restrictions are fewer.
The realization of the project or the prototyping of the product, requires an important commitment. Possible unforeseen events may arise, and you must solve them immediately for the success of the project.

Happiness at professional assignment, during the planning stage it is a continues up and down of moods that vanish during the realization phase to transform into a joy when the work is finished.

Grate satisfaction. Project are the result of a lot of personal commitment, they are part of a journey in your life, they occupy your thoughts. It is like having a storm in your head that accompanies you in all your activities until the project is solved.
When you see your ideas realized is a great joy.

Cooperating with other professionals working on the project is an essential part of success. Collaborate with the workers, a good project does not stop on paper. Another important role for a successful project is the client, he must always interface with the designer, explain his needs and objectives. The designer must have a very clear framework within which to move, in order to preserve his original contribution of creativity by responding to the client’s expectations

It is difficult to judge a project if you don’t know the inputs, the objectives, and the complications. A bad design is when, it does not perform any function.

Designers have many responsibilities. We are the forerunners for future generations and for the future world. The object are functional but aesthetically impose themselves in the space, they dialogue with human beings, they send messages to consumers. They are symbols that communicate through their use, they can often change the culture of entire generations.

Lighting
Lighting fixture
Sofas and armchairs
Jars-containers

Being curious, discovering new technologies, studying, exchanging information not only through social networks. When we meet in person the emotions we feel are essential for working and living

“Less is More”

The first tool is to connect the brain and the pencil; I’m an old school designer, I always use paper and pencil to fix my first ideas. The technicians take the sketches and put them into the computer, transforming it into a three-dimensional model. In this way you understand the critical issues of the object designed on paper.

I manage time very badly. I normally spend a lot of time designing even if I can’t get always what I want. Often having little time helps me find good solutions, thanks to the adrenaline.

Every project is different, for example the 2D lantern has been design in 2013.The first prototype as been design in 2019 and in 2023 is ready in the market.