Interview with Oleh Syrbu

The wish to create is haunting me since childhood. I have a constant wish to change things around, give them a unique shape. It applies to clothing, furniture, car, motorcycle and so on. All this is my world in which I live, and this world is transforming at my request. It's very cool.

I want to note that I am a designer and manufacturer. And so that the produced products are sold well, we need, among other things, good design. That’s why my development as a designer is an indefeasible part of my professional growth. Here, everything is connected, because the final result of my design activities are physical products .

I create the objects of interior made of stainless steel. Furniture, lamps, chandeliers and art objects. Stainless steel as the material really attracts me. Any product made of this material looks luxurious. It's hard to say what type of construction I am drawn to more, but in general this is beautiful products with difficult shapes from natural materials.

You need to find and develop your own style. The good master always has brightly expressed style, and that's what makes it unique. You should not engage in copying, follow fashion trends and so on; first of all, you need to be honest in his work. And, of course, you have to work a lot.

I think that good design is perceived generally at the level of general emotional feelings. In other words, it is harmony. Design can be challenging, stylish, aggressive, but in any situation harmonious.

With great pleasure I would develop the house with an autonomous software system based on green technology. In this house with unusual shape will work unusual system that produces the necessary for comfortable habitation of human types of energy from natural sources such as sunlight, wind, cold of soil. The design of these systems will be a harmonious part of the natural landscape around the house. I would like to build such house for my family.

It is compact and economical vehicle in which the best sides of car and motorcycle are realized, with the unique hybrid engine system. I intend to create a working prototype of this project in the nearest future.

I never limit myself in the content and size of my ideas. As for me nothing is impossible or inaccessible. I am sure that human develop his possibilities just as much as he have enough courage to afford .

The works of Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi undoubtedly influenced most strongly to my vision of design. Every time I come to Barcelona, I immerse myself in the images of his creations. In my opinion, Gaudi’s works is an example of a design that is timeless. His works today is as good as a hundred years ago and in a hundred years from now they will look the same brave and gorgeous as today.

First of all, it should be your way. And if it is, you need to submerge in this process with the enthusiasm of a child who builds his tower in his favorite sandbox. Everything else will come.

Design is one of the ways of exit to the surface of my creative potential. Maybe I could become a good musician, artist. I believe that there is not a big difference in how a person realizes his wish to create beautiful products, spiritual or material, it is important that people in general found this path.

This is my wife, Elena. She was always inspired by my work and helped to get out of a creative depression. And she lowered me to the ground when I rose too high in my fantasies. We work together for many years and I can't imagine my development without her participation.

I don't think that I am a great designer. However, I am confident that my works deserve attention and can be very interesting for a certain audience.

You need to declare yourself. Participate in competitions and exhibitions, create pages and blogs on the Internet - anything, just do not lie on the sofa. And be discreet and honest in your presentations.

I think that I will be able to answer this question when I will become a respected designer.

The space that surrounds us determines our emotional condition. This condition predetermines our actions and the content of our thoughts. If we fill our environment with beautiful objects, we, in the long run, will improve the quality of our life in all its aspects.

Now I'm busy with preparing a platform for my own European enterprise. Me and my wife are developing several collections of premium quality products made of stainless steel, crystal and artistic glass for interiors. And of course, our dream is to move to our favorite Spain.

Maybe this is my subjective valuation, but the design industry currently tends to minimalism. Simple forms begin to predominate. I'm rather sad to watch this and I reminisce the luxurious forms of objects of the past. Maybe, after a while we will see the renaissance of these traditions in modern design.

Everything depends from the inspiration and scale of the project. For example, the design of Nereida was made in two months and after four months the customer received the finished product.

I make many sketches with my hand. When I draw, new ideas start coming, and I'm doing new sketches. In the end, a concept appears which I clearly imagine in my imagination.

I’d like to cite Pablo Picasso’s saying: “Everything we can imagine is real”

If we talk about design as a service that we sell, then in this situation the trends will determine which design will be better bought as a service. However, I am confident that the brave move of a talented designer can give birth to a completely new direction.

Technology is the rope that binds our hands. That’s why I distinguish industrial design and exclusive design. In my practice, I solved this problem, because I develop my own technologies, which allow me not to limit myself in design solutions.

Usually it is AutoCad and Adobe Photoshop. I'm more practicing person, it's much more interesting for me to create a physical object than the 3d model.

Everything matters. Moreover, the harmonious combination and interaction of all these aspects determines the quality of the design.

I'm happy when people ask me: How did you do this?

I have a wish to begin to work.

This is my wife, Elena. We have been working together for many years, and I am infinitely grateful to the fortune for the happiness of having such partner in creativity and in my life. Elena is the source of my inspiration and an impartial judge, who at the right time will direct my thoughts to the right direction.

I think it’s too early for me to talk about this. Since participation in A ‘Design Award & Competition is my debut. But for me, as probably to all creative people, it's nice to receive recognition of my achievements and this is one of the human weaknesses that I want to afford myself.

Humanity is falling into the abyss. We consume bad food and water; produce beautiful, but poor quality products for everyday life, unreliable cars. We pollute the environment with waste from synthetic materials, which we use in production instead of the natural materials that nature gives to us. All this is very sad, but I would like to see the birth of a new civilization that will choose a creative way of its development, with a beautiful and ergonomic architecture, with life support systems that work on the basis of natural processes. I endlessly believe in this rebirth of human values, such a child believes in the most incredible tale.

For me design is a harmony of shapes, colors, material, sizes, smells, sounds. All these aspects create the general perception of the design as good. A beautiful thing with the smell of cheap plastic or an elegant chair which wobbles is a bad design

Everything that is related with the interior. It's light, furniture, balustrades, ladders, art objects and more.

It is floor lamp - my first art product from stainless steel. I created it in an aspiration of inspiration. This product has a human growth and is like a flirty dancer, frozen in playful pose. A sketch of the floor lamp was sketched at the end of the day on a piece of paper, and I was so fascinated by this process so I stayed at work until midnight. In the next days, I worked very hard to see the final result somewhat quicker.

Stainless steel. It is a noble material with great decorative look, high strength and durability.

After a good rest, for example, after another trip to my favorite Spain with its dazzling sun and authentic architecture.

I strive for the unusual and artistic forms. I wish my project looked like an art product.

I'm happy. Each realized project is like my baby that I raised and released into the world. With some projects it is difficult to part.

I believe that good design is perceived generally at the level of general emotional feelings. In other words, it is harmony. Design can be challenging, stylish, aggressive, but in any situation harmonious.

This is a Modern. I prefer the smooth natural forms and dynamic images. I prefer to draw by hand, because when I draw by hand I am in time with my thoughts.

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The basis of good design is a good idea. Exactly this idea shapes such aspects of design as form, color, material, user experience and so on. You need to find and develop your own style. The good master always has brightly expressed style, and that's what makes it unique. You should not engage in copying, follow fashion trends and so on; first of all, you need to be honest in his work. And, of course, you have to work a lot.

My rule is “There aren't any rules”.

A good imagination. If you can close your eyes and see your idea, consider that half of the work is done.

I practice a certain philosophy in attitude to my lifestyle and food. It helps me to be in good physical and mental form. When it is necessary, I work up to fifteen hours a day. I want to note that it gives me pleasure in my forty-five years.

I'm not just a designer, but I'm also an engineer who understands how it can be made. It makes my projects sustainable.

It is interior solutions. Here is the minimum number of input requirements and, accordingly, wide area for improvisation - the main thing is to create something beautiful and comfortable.

We plan to create a European company in the nearest future to offer our finished services and products in Europe. We develop several collections of finished premium-class products made from stainless steel, crystal and art glass for interiors. We are considering variants of participation in design exhibitions.

My wife Elena is my partner, my support and my inspiration.

The best way is to send an email to mail@laceferr.com or laceferr@gmail.com. I'll be glad to be useful. You can leave a quick message on Viber, WhatsApp, Imo on phone number 380954636881 and I will answer as soon as I can.