Interview with Takis Samartzis

From my childhood I designed products, cars, engines, boats, motorcycles. Growing up, I cultivated this thrill through my studies and began to create my own products which were largely concerned with recreational craft since there was a large field of application in my country.

First of all, I am inspired by a three-dimensional shape, which I then print on paper with pencil and drawing instruments in three views. It is the first treatment and improvements to make it realistic and functional. Then, with the help of these views, I print it in the 3d program where it takes its final form

The most interesting stage of design is when the initial inspiration is adapted to the practical conditions and then I feel very exited when the new product is alive .

Little by little, I was wondering how everything works and because I often did not get answers I explained my own explanations, which most of them identified with reality without having the proper knowledge. My next thought was that this can be better and more usable. A designer must have a sense of space, sensation of physical strength, be in a constant observation of natural movements, dare to open new paths by making different things in a different way than the conscious, to let his imaginary freedom, and to dare to support it

My inner need to articulate and materialize my ideas so that I create products that will be beautiful and enrich the world. So far, many of my plans and ideas have been implemented, giving me the opportunity to constantly improve them at a practical level.
My future plans are to build a 20-meter luxury sports yacht
The dream design project is to design a super car and to see to be imlemented

They should dare to do what their inner strength dictates. To preserve what they will create because some people , colleagues, or competitors will try to copy it.
The best advice is not to underestimate what they have been inspired and never disappointed

Think out of the box. Dont copy . Be original

The routine of the day is dying when I notice my projects and find out points that can be improved.
When I go back to earlier designs and see how they can be adapted to modern needs.

Every season dictates its own aesthetic criteria. It is a great mistake, however, for the design to be governed only by them. You get some elements from the moment of the season, but the central idea is always your own, regardless of fashion, οr trends. And in this way, this project can last and succeed.

Εach design is done for one purpose. Ιf the project reaches its goal using harmonious aesthetic forms, success is assured Classic mistakes are due to other similar designs that make the designer lose his way.

A design is never completed. Because the human mind can never reach excellence and perfection.
Besides, if a design is perfect, there will not be any more.
The implementation needs make the project finish. As soon as the project materializes, the design of the new is begining

My last design is COSMIC39. Inspired by the dolphin movement ,the flying eagles and the power of the super cars, tailored to make the traveling of the hosts enjoyable. The challenge was to make a very fast R.I.Boat that would make high speeds accessible to everyone without needing special knowledge and demands, while at the same time ensuring the maximum comfort both in the journey and in living on it

Iktinos and Kallikrate who built Parthenn of Acropolis in Athens were and will be the greatest architects in the world. From the most modern I would like to know Dali and Pinifarina

My favorite city is Milan. Music always influences design because it is an inspiration, and music creates psychic uplifting and delivers sensations and spirit Good design creates delightful emotions and beautiful pictures, facts that refine the soul and have better societies Design has made me happy at every moment of life and has given me the power to fill my mind with new ideas

It's very simple and easy to work with me. I prefer my job to be divided into sectors and everyone to manage his / her own liberty. At the end, the coordinator joins these areas and thus creatively completes the project. To the people I recruit I follow their morality and their spirit
The challenges of the profession are to create products in character and the responsibilities are the products to meet the purpose for which they were designed
A good designer who will work with me must have fresh ideas that are feasible, to be open minded, to be original, and be pioneer.

I have designed an ambulance boat for which I am trying to find funding to implement it, to donate it to some of the Greek islands that need it

By participate in Α'DESIGN AWARD & COMPETITION a dream project came to life. The recognition of a pioneering project by established judges, each in its kind, has given me the courage and the power to overcome difficulties and has given me hope for a greater distinction in the next project. These competitions offer participants the opportunity for world recognition and contribute to culture by bringing together artists and creators and making their work known throughout the world.

My love and passion for motor sports and boats motivates me and the fact that what everything i saw was not covered by my aesthetic criteria

It was a chilhood dream which came true

My favorite designs are fast cars, bicycles, boats and airplanes

To dare to observe and evaluate the natural harmony around them and have free spirit

A good designer makes sense on the practical side, the great designer combines the practical side with the harmonious and bold aesthetics

A successful project must combine functionality, harmonious aesthetics by eyecaching attention and being able to get into the practical living

Because they want to have a beautiful and good product that make their world easier

For myself

A monoco bicycle

I dont have a secret recipe

Luigi Dall'igna is one of my favorite designer

Ferrari by Enzo Ferrari

All projects are my kids and i cant tell which one is best. Cosmic39 is my favorite

If they can understand the natural harmony and integrate their designs into it

I would have tried to become a designer

Design means a harmonious aesthetic that embraces functionality

My family is my great supporter in my life

God helped me

Μy suspension to materialize and to present objects of particular aesthetics

with boldness and self-esteem

Two are the next projects. A very special r.i. boat at 33 feet, and a radical sports luxury boat at 20 m

Become able to create products over the years

They expect to receive beautiful and distinct aesthetic products, which however include all the usability they require

Design strikes the world, and when we live in a beautiful world this aesthetic passes through our soul

I work in an r.i.b10 meter and exhorts me that without losing any of its aesthetics and character it must offer that even the greatest

a 10-meter inflatable boat which had been ranked among the world's 5 best

I would like to produce new shapes and views and not to reproduce the old ones

It adopts simple forms that simplify the way you think

Depends , but not less than 6 months

From the requirements it needs to cover

every day and better

Design sets the trends

I am not inluence by the technology

Pencil and Rino

the design should not be characterized by colors but by shapes and be beautiful with any color

from which you were inspired

how it can get better

Τhe design is an individual expression. Can not be shared .Only on objects made up of many pieces and there is a collaboration between the designers

I try not to get any influences

Design does not fit in the books

watching the entire animal and marine kingdom and challengingly projects

Salvadore Dali , and Iktinos and Kallikratis

I am happy when i see that people recognize my work

My favorite place is Greece, my favorite color is blue, I love greek food and I prefer the summer

I cant recall

when I feel that the day that comes with brings me closer to my goals

Yes , all the time i was scketching cars, boats, engines etc

the planet will move with nuclear fusion and hydrogen. There will be total liberty or downfall

Ι hope the world function more for mankind

Our company TROPIDA designs and manufactures its products. Its goal is products of high performance and functionality combined with luxurious comfort and excellent quality of construction. Its vision is to contribute to the protection of the environment through the research and application of electrification as a main propellant but also as a hybrid application

Design means a harmonious aesthetic that embraces functionality

Sports car, hi performance boats, and bikes

The most recent and favorite design is COSMIC39 the 12m rib.COSMIC 39 is an evolution among the R.I.B shipyarding.Not only the hull design and costruction , but also the design and the implementation of the deck. I wanted to combine speed with comfort , appealling both the speeders as well as the luxury lovers .

The first thing i designed was a 10m rib (20 years ago) , which it turn to be one of the best globaly

My favorite material is carbon fiber.

When i isolate in my countryhouse for a few days.

the coexistence of beauty and practicality

Ekstasis of creativity

Joy and agony for the perfect result

A successful project must combine functionality, harmonious aesthetics by eyecaching attention and being able to get into the practical living

My aesthetic and if the design find the practical goal which was design for

Create beautiful and functional products that will not turn into garbage

Ι think the design future is minimalism and soft shapes

My last exhibition was in 18 EAST MED YACHT SHOW in ATHENS. The next it will be at DUSSELDORF BOOT at 2020

From the nature's movement observation . The wisdom of mother nature is the only think that inspires me

My design is agressive, bold,renovative, non convetional, radical.

Greece has deep cultural roots and this inheritance has influenced me deeply.Living in Greece is a previlege.

By mutual trust and confidence

A good designer must have pioneering ideas and been able to harmonize these proposals with the purposes for which he has to work for

I use a platform that puts the data and I try to harmonize the aesthetics without omitting these data

A painting from a Greek famous painter,( MYTARAS) A vintage Jukebox (from 1940), Some plates with Dali paintings, a miniature wooden sculpture of a sailing boat from my grandfather

My day life is dedicated to my work, my family, and my sports

Never give up your dreams.Have free spirit. Dare to do unconvetional things

Negative is that you are volnarable of coping your work
Positive is that you are connected to the inner child thus you are creative

Be innovative and radical

fantasy, and creativity

Simple pencils, rubbers,rullers,sheets of paper. At the next stage i use rhino software,and my desktop

My family and my work team helps me to cope with this

Approximately two years

How do you come up with this idea?

Designing for a famous car industry a new sport car project

Bussinesmen

Fast cars, fast boats, and airplanes

My new project is a new 10 m r.i.b with new innovative characteristics

I prefer to work by myself

I am working the construction of COSMIC 39

By e-mail and by phone

No , thank you