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the styling/functionality. In every way DESIGNER: wHAt KItcHEN- oR
possible I try to create unique products for bAtHRoom-RElAtED DESIGN pRojEctS
each brief I am given. HAvE you uNDERtAKEN?
I think by committing to a style, or KHAN: I undertook the challenge of child
developing a style at this stage in my obesity when studying, which eventually
career, I could possibly be neglecting more evolved into the ‘Cook-A-Long’. Grassroots
successful opportunities elsewhere. I like thinking meant instead of just feeding
to think that Jonathan Ives goes home children the right foods, we should educate
and scribbles ornate iPods or that Ettore them – and not only in a classroom. This
Sottsass also liked the colour grey. Design education starts at home and for centuries
and diversity go hand in hand and we, of all parents have been teaching their children
professions, should embrace change. how to cook. In the modern day household,
it is done less frequently and the kitchen has
DESIGNER: How DoES bEING A DESIGNER almost become a ‘no go zone’ for children.
AffEct tHE wAy you SEE tHE woRlD? Cook-A-Long encourages parents to have the
Above: Snail is a safety come in the first port of call is usually KHAN: You appreciate the little things. I find children in the kitchen.
device to aid children
research, finding out who uses it and what myself marvelling at injection mouldings on Other projects include ‘Snail’ and the
when handling a knife
for, looking for opportunities to innovate - the simplest of objects. A brief rummage ‘Nordic Drainer’ which is a simple drainer
Below: Designed as a
something we specialise in. through any rubbish bin unveils a plethora made from sheet material that is easily
partner product to
cook-A-long the
If we can take a proposal back to a of ingenuity and simplicity, styling and stackable for transport.
footstep is a versatile client that completely fulfils their brief, fine. function. This waste is also a great cause of
foldable step
But if we can also take one back that offers concern of course. DESIGNER: HAvE you woRKED oN
something more creative or unique or an One thing that really irritates me as a pRojEctS outSIDE of tHE KItcHEN/
angle they hadn’t considered, great. If you designer though, is flaws with ergonomics bAtHRoom SEctoR AND If So, wHAt
always aim to exceed expectations you rarely and usability. I can’t understand how typE of woRK DoES tHIS INcluDE?
fall short of the base-line. someone would produce something that KHAN: LAU, which won me the Ffres awards,
does not function well for the target user - was a brief set by OrangeBox. LAU is a
DESIGNER: How woulD you DEScRIbE kettles that don’t pour or cupboard doors reaction to the blurring of lines between
youR DESIGN StylE? that won’t open. These are problems caused work and pleasure and is basically a mobile
KHAN: Diverse! My designs are informed by by laziness and are completely avoidable, yet office that makes hot-desking more personal.
my core beliefs and obviously this influences they occur over and over again. As a consultancy, we work on a huge
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