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Right: obed is an
armchair designed
for cinna which
uses balance to
interesting effect
designing lights. What I love about this job
is the creative phase where I search for an
idea or concept and then I pass quickly
to the next idea and so on. The product “I HAve A sPeCIAl fonDness for
itself does not fascinate me. I am of course
happy when the project becomes reality, but lIgHTIng DesIgn... I ConsIDer
it is a fleeting happiness. In the absence
of appreciating my own creations, I find lIgHT To Be A mATerIAl In ITs oWn
happiness through other people’s opinions
of my work. rIgHT, one WHICH We CAn moulD
DESIGNER: IN whIch othER aREaS of lIke A PoTTer Works THe ClAy”
DESIGN woulD you moSt lIkE to havE
thE oppoRtuNIty to woRk IN thE
futuRE? like works of art which are sufficient unto
BouchER: I think it would be great to themselves. It is an interesting challenge and
design a WC. And I’m serious when I say that. one which I would like to take up.
Being a designer I would like to have the
time to design everything, but you have to DESIGNER: what IS youR loNG-tERm
be realistic. caREER plaN aS a DESIGNER?
I feel a real admiration for automobile BouchER: I don’t actually have a career
design. However, I do not feel I can compete plan and for the moment I’m quite happy
with the specialists in this field. I would be not making one. Perhaps this is a mistake on
happy to create a form of transport that my part. Thinking about it, I could possibly
Above: high heel is a stool which was designed for cappellini
is neither a car, a motorbike nor any other set up my own design studio, but I think
Below: the Nebulae light, designed for artemide, changes light
kind of transport already in existence. I can that I would prefer to create my own brand
intensity the nearer you get
imagine a new type of vehicle, a new way of with which I could develop my own range of
getting about. products. Above all, I hope that I will always
Architecture is equally an area I’m have fun in this profession and not take
attracted to. Through it you can leave a myself too seriously. designer
visible and lasting trace on the landscape.
What kind of building? A museum. Indeed, alexandre Boucher
today we see museums that are designed
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