Interview with Ta-Chin Danny Lin
Designer Interview
8 March 2013
I started drawing since I was in junior high school. When I was in the university in Taiwan. Even though my major was financial management, I still have highly interests in design. I started to learn digital software by myself and sketch often during my four years university. After graduation, I started preparing portfolio and TOFEL for Art Center College of Design. Now, I am in the last year for Art Center. I am especially good at developing the function and form through research, sketch, and 3D modeling. Looking forward to more opportunities to keep learning the skills and spirits of industrial design.
I am currently a Product Design major student in Art Center College of Design based in the Los Angeles, United States.
Design for me is the expression of the life experience. Good design for me should always combine function and form well.
I am always like to develop the function in a design that makes people enjoy the way of using the product.
The Dyson vacuum cleaner made by James Dyson is always my favorite one. The function and form are combined so good that make people just naturally attracted by its beauty.
I had a chance to design a new concept of contact lens case for a manufacture in Taiwan. Besides using the traditional way of the contact lens case with two circles side by side. I stacked two circles up to the simple cylinder shape. In this way, I can also reduce the action to open the case. And there are more opportunities to develop different forms for contact lens case. This design is also shown in my portfolio website.
I focus more about the functions and feasibilities. Then I will focus on combining the form and function.
I feel exciting and a little bit nervous.
I will have a sense of accomplishment.
A successful design should make people easy to understand and easy to use.
Practicality, function, and aesthetics.
To give a better way to use and reducing the material of production.
I think the trend for the future design is simplicity. To combine the simple design and complicated function well is a tough process for all the designers now.
My design style is simple at first sight. After observing the simple form, people can find out more interesting details inside the project.
I live in Taiwan for more than twenty years and USA for four years. I found out so many different aspects in these two cultures. I learned my high persistence in Taiwan and expanded my creativity in USA. Even the learning process is not very active in Taiwan, I am still trying my best to broad my vision and skill in USA.
It is always good and necessary to make a thorough research at first. Then I will start thinking about the problem and solution. After understanding the solution, I will begin to combine it with form and material. Last step is visualizing through drawing or 3D modeling.
TV / headphone / laptop / camera / watch
Always bring the freshness into life.
creative thinking.
pencil / ball point pen / marker / Wacom tablet / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Keynote / SolidWorks / Keyshot
Make a timeline schedule for every phase of a project.
How did you come out this kind of structure that people can hardly figure out?
To solve the function wise problem and combine with good form.
my Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/dannylinconcept/
my website - www.dannylinconcept.com
my website - www.dannylinconcept.com