Fabio Su

Very Good in Design.

Fabio Su

About Fabio Su

Living in Argentina for many years, after many years of impact with the diverse cultures of South America, let the designer know how to see the dialogue between people and the land and nature, and listen to the voice of the mountains and the sea. The so-called best design or style in the designers mind is to truly understand design and even human nature. The sustainable coexistence of the owner, the space and the environment is what makes the space have depth and meaning. Use aesthetics and design to solve the actual needs of the owner. , is the greatest joy of being a designer.

  • Winner of 8 A' Design Awards.
  • Very Good in Design.
  • Original Design.
  • Highly Creative, Diligent and Innovative.
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Villa 150 Guest House

Villa 150 Guest House

Design

President 15 Guest House

President 15 Guest House

Design

Colorful Villa

Colorful Villa

Design

Clinic Zen Residential and Commercial

Clinic Zen Residential and Commercial

Design

Ukiyoe Restaurant

Ukiyoe Restaurant

Design

Oberbayern Residential House

Oberbayern Residential House

Design

Corner Paradise Interior Design

Corner Paradise Interior Design

Design

The Mountain Residential House

The Mountain Residential House

Design

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Interview with Fabio Su

Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?
I have loved drawing since I was a kid, enthusiasm for painting and have strong feeling of natural beauty. Observing nature changed grain, color, temperature, and variation of light-shadow by season is what I like.when I get into painting, I always neglect hustle and bustle around me. I know one day I will become a designer because it is my dream.
Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
Our company is a delicate workshop, it is not only a company but also a family, we don’t have restricted work time, we support and inspire each other. This work ambiance is what I like.
What is "design" for you?
For me, design is like breathing. All the inspiration given by nature, every streak and light-shadow in nature is so beautiful and free. This is the best design!
What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
I like the designs which have temperature, full of creativity and culture materials. Such as, the opus from Antoni Gaudi. The design full of his respect to nature and amazing industrial arts technology. His design is perfectly combining industrial arts and nature which has great influence of architecture and design concept. He once said:straight belongs to human and curve belongs to god. Learning from nature is the summit of designers.
What was the first thing you designed for a company?
My first design for company is the working environment which can make every staff feel comfortable and free when they are working.
What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
My favorite material is from nature, without heavy process. Such as, logs, fair-faces concrete, and steel. I often refer a different region of design. For example, floriculture, plane, stage, traditional culture, and industry design. Creativity comes from different kind of design, I very like to combine traditional techniques with modern design and expect to pass on the traditional techniques to the latest opus.
When do you feel the most creative?
When I am traveling or even just walking on the street, every new things can inspire me.
Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
I believe design is just a processing. We should focus on passing the traditional techniques and try hard to achieve eco friendly.
What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
When I am designing, I always think about how to make my design more funny and close to spirit. Passing though challenges makes my design with more personal style.
What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
Very complicated, it is like overcome a new challenge and achieve to the new milestone.
What makes a design successful?
Communicate with customer is the basic part for successful design. After fully realizing what customer wants, we will vitalize design with style and it will become a perfect opus.
When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
For all design, the basic part is practical use, function, and coordination. You can not make a good design without any of this.
From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
A great designer has heavy duties of society and environment. An excellent technique can treat nature well and a great idea is the best social education.
How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
Nowadays, science and technology become more and more flourishing and everything change so fast. This phenomenon makes design difficult to predict. I believe design will include all domains in the future and brand a new type of design.
Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
My inspiration comes from everywhere in life. Everything surround us is the best resource. Such as, the streak of branch and the grain of rock. Nature is our best inspiration and keep the sense to everything is also a good way to cultivate your creativity.
How would you describe your design style? What made you explore more this style and what are the main characteristics of your style? What's your approach to design?
My style is diversification but also stable. I will change my style base on the case. An excellent designer shouldn’t self limit but open the mind to take challenges.
Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?
I was born in Taiwan and lived in Argentina for 15 years. Now I am living in Taiwan. These experiences make my design contain different kind of country culture and more multi-variant.
How do you work with companies?
Everyone is on a boat. We work hard together and go forward together.
What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
We have a definite mode and terms of cooperation with designers. Without indistinct relationship, we prefer stable cooperation and make everyone has the same goal. We always look for designers who have excellent personality and design concept. We believe a good personality will affect every opus and the core of company.
Can you talk a little about your design process?
Design is a lengthy and lonely road. I often facing challenges and painfulness. This experience makes me grow up, it is a necessary course which every design should have. The bitter process leads to the sweet fruits.
What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
Human statue, log conference table, bronze sculpture of Buddha, glass ornaments, iron teapot.
Can you describe a day in your life?
I always take my kids to school at 7 o’clock then start to work at 9 o’clock. After a busy period, I will get off work and take kids back home. Enjoy a happiness time with my family.
Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
Keep taking challenges and never restrict yourself. The most important is having enthusiasm.
From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
Engage in design can train you to an excellent communicator, but because of heavy brainstorming, sometimes I was tired of communicating with other people after work.
What is your "golden rule" in design?
To listen the sound of mountain and sea. Focus on the dialogs talked by people.
What skills are most important for a designer?
The concept of design, the using of software, knowledge of materials, and ability of negotiations.
Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
Software such as, Cad, SketchUp, Lumion and SUPodium. Hardware such as, computer, measuring tools, tool box and magazines. Inspiration comes from everywhere such as, products in the market, cloud and mountain. Everything can be the source of creativity.
Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
This question is what makes me most painful , time is never enough to me.
What was your most important job experience?
To design my residence and office, because it contains a lot of experimental concept and techniques. It makes me under high pressure.
What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
Concise and profundity design. This type of design have life and emotion.
What are your future plans? What is next for you?
Because of the growing environment, I have the ability to combine east and west culture. I plan to let west world understand more about graceful east and let west world understand the aesthetics about west culture.
Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
In early period, I work by myself. Now I have my own team. base on my idea and my team realize it.
Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
Yes, I have a guesthouse on the mountain tea garden. It is a place where hard to arrive and source shortage. I want to use the concept of container and missy house. Design the guesthouse on the tea garden makes it like the sea hotel. With high-low level which bases on the topography. I believe it will become an excellent opus.
How can people contact you?
By email, line and cellphone. You can also check the latest informations and know more about me from my facebook.

Designer of the Day Interview with Fabio Su

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I was born in Taiwan and lived in Argentina for 15 years. Now I am living in Taiwan. These experiences make my design contain different kind of country culture and more multi-variant.
How did you become a designer?
I have loved drawing since I was a kid, enthusiasm for painting and have strong feeling of natural beauty. Observing nature changed grain, color, temperature, and variation of light-shadow by season is what I like. when I get into painting, I always neglect hustle and bustle around me. I know one day I will become a designer because it is my dream.
What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
My style is diversification but also stable. I will change my style base on the case. Good designers should not limit themselves, but open the mind to take challenges.
Which emotions do you feel when designing?
When I am designing, I always think about how to make my design more funny and close to spirit. Passing though challenges makes my design with more personal style.
What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
Design is a lengthy and lonely road. I often face challenges and painfulness. This experience makes me grow up, it is a necessary course which every design should have. The bitter process leads to the sweet fruits.
What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
Design is a lengthy and lonely road. I often face challenges and painfulness. This experience makes me grow up, it is a necessary course which every design should have. The bitter process leads to the sweet fruits.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
Continue to take on challenges and never limit yourself. The most important thing is to be enthusiastic.
You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?
A great designer has heavy duties of society and environment. An excellent technique can treat nature well and a great idea is the best social education.
What is your day to day look like?
I always take my kids to school at 7 o’clock then start to work at 9 o’clock. After a busy period, I will get off work and take kids back home. Enjoy a happiness time with my family.
How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?
Nowadays, science and technology become more and more flourishing and everything change so fast. This phenomenon makes design difficult to predict. I believe design will include all domains in the future and brand a new type of design.
How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
Communicate with customer is the basic part for successful design. After fully realizing what customer wants, we will vitalize design with style and it will become a perfect opus.
How do you decide if your design is ready?
A good design is through continuous communication and adjustment, the initial first has the general direction and pattern, style set, and then step by step to plan the more detailed part of the painting, and in each discussion, there will be new ideas injected into it, and make the design more complete, then the entire design will be 3D rendering simulation, and then with my original mind of the picture mutual proof. At this point this design is complete.
What is your biggest design work?
I think my proudest work is 111, a combination of home and studio. I hope to use this project to convey some message, in the conflict of building materials, make high contrast style mixed soft paving, in the metropolitan area to adopt energy-saving design, these are the main challenges of this project, but also for the innovation of industrial law, so that I encountered a lot of challenges in the construction, and when the case was completed, I was so proud, and now I am also planning a primary school for the aborigines in the mountains, hoping to integrate the Aboriginal culture and language into my design, I hope to complete his design.
Who is your favourite designer?
Carlos Páez Vilaro from Paraguay is the one who influence me the most. As an artist and designer, he perfectly makes aesthetics in harmony with nature. This is also my goal.
Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
I was born in Taiwan and lived in Argentina for 15 years. Now I am living in Taiwan. These experiences make my design contain different kind of country culture and more multi-variant.
Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy?
Everyone is on a boat. We work hard together and go forward together.
What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?
I will be better able to use my own knowledge to come back to social, and pass my experience on people who endeavor in the field of design.
What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?
By submitting my design to an international design competition, I want to enhance my abilities, and to push my design to the international.

Extended Interview with Fabio Su

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I like to draw since childhood, enthusiasm for painting and have strong feeling of natural beauty. Observing nature changed grain, color, temperature, and variation of light-shadow by season is what I like.when I am going into drawing. I always neglect surrounding and I know one day I will become a designer because it is my dream.
How did you become a designer?
A great design can make people’s life more comfortable and convenient. Using the design methods to express our thought and concept. This is my aim and goal.
What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
I like to design and brainstorming since childhood. My dream is becoming a designer.
Which emotions do you feel when designing?
For me, design is like breathing. All the inspiration given by nature, every streak and light-shadow in nature is so beautiful and free. This is the best design!
What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
Keep taking challenges and never restrict yourself. The most important is having enthusiasm.In addition to make the effort, traveling is a good way to experience different country’s cultures and learn how to use an open minding way to think and design.
What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
To me, an excellent design is a great opus and the excellent designer not only has great design ability but also has the responsibility for society and open- minding to everything.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
A great design is a combination of great concept and techniques. but an extraordinary design must add the soul to make the design have vitality.
You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?
For all design, the basic part is practical use, function, and coordination. You can not make a good design without any of this.
What is your day to day look like?
If I have time, I want to design the house which can be combinated easily and quickly for the people in the war and poor.
How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?
I wish one day I could design a faith center such as, temple and church.
How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
My secret material is from nature, without heavy process. Such as, logs, fair-faces concrete, and steel. I often refer different region of design. For example, floriculture, plane, stage, traditional culture, and industry design. Creativity comes from different kind of design, I very like to combine traditional techniques with modern design and expect to pass on the traditional techniques to the latest opus.
How do you decide if your design is ready?
I like the designs which have temperature, full of creativity and culture materials. Such as, the opus from Antoni Gaudi. The design full of his respect to nature and amazing industrial arts technology. His design is perfectly combining industrial arts and nature which has great influence of architecture and design concept. He once said:straight belongs to human and curve belongs to god. Learning from nature is the summit of designers.
What is your biggest design work?
Except Gaudi’s opus, my favorite artist is Carlos Páez Vilaro form Paraguay. He combines the art and life style to his design. He is the best representative for multiple styles.
Who is your favourite designer?
The best design for me is the Corner Paradise which is located in the noisy city. The unit design brings the leisure atmosphere into the house. Adding with the excellent private space make it become my best design.
Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
Keep taking challenges and never restrict yourself. The most important is having enthusiasm.
What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?
For me, design is like breathing. All the inspiration given by nature, every streak and light-shadow in nature is so beautiful and free. This is the best design!
What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?
The concept of design, the using of software, knowledge of materials, and ability of negotiations.

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