James Langford is a DESIGNHEAD
Blog — 8.27.22
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Name: James Langford
Age: 25
Location: Los Angeles
Instagram:
@jameslangfordd
Website:
jameslangford.co
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“Earth and the Clouds” Storage Unit by James Langford
Are you a designer? Why or why not?
Yes - but still defining the gray space between design and art. What I do is fundamentally design in that I solve problems with creative solutions. But I'm also looking to illicit a feeling in my viewers or make a metaphor through the form, materiality, etc
One word to describe your take on design:
illumination
The last thing you made:
A sculpture dedicated to all the time I thought I wasted when I was actually learning
The next thing you want to make:
Something that tells the time kinetically
A designed object you adore:
Wallbots by Otto Ng
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Wallbots
A designed object you can’t stand the sight of:
Those little drapes under grandma couches
A moment of pure creative joy:
Applying a new skill into my work for the first time
When we say “designing the future,” what comes to mind?
Additive manufacturing, and creating things worth keeping. Why make waste a part of our design process when we're seeing it's negative effects more and more every day? We have knitting machines, 3D printers, and biomaterials like mycelium, and we’re learning more about them every day.
If you could show your work to anyone in the world, who would it be?
Gramazio-Kohler
Your aesthetic embodied as a...
sound?
King Night by Salem
color?
Rust & Hi-viz orange
texture?
Romanesco Cauliflower
Your *grail*: if you could own one iconic design work, what would it be?
Zaha's Moraine sofa
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Morain Sofa by Zaha Hadid
What’s next for you?
Locking in deeper into the things that make me tick; isolating myself from the distractions.
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DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay project. Are you a DESIGNHEAD? Send your responses to these prompts & 3 hi-res portraits to hello@pinkessay.space.
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Blog — 8.27.22
Name: James Langford
Age: 25
Location: Los Angeles
Instagram:
@jameslangfordd
Website:
jameslangford.co
“Earth and the Clouds” Storage Unit by James Langford
Are you a designer? Why or why not?
Yes - but still defining the gray space between design and art. What I do is fundamentally design in that I solve problems with creative solutions. But I'm also looking to illicit a feeling in my viewers or make a metaphor through the form, materiality, etc
One word to describe your take on design:
illumination
The last thing you made:
A sculpture dedicated to all the time I thought I wasted when I was actually learning
The next thing you want to make:
Something that tells the time kinetically
A designed object you adore:
Wallbots by Otto Ng
Wallbots
A designed object you can’t stand the sight of:
Those little drapes under grandma couches
A moment of pure creative joy:
Applying a new skill into my work for the first time
When we say “designing the future,” what comes to mind?
Additive manufacturing, and creating things worth keeping. Why make waste a part of our design process when we're seeing it's negative effects more and more every day? We have knitting machines, 3D printers, and biomaterials like mycelium, and we’re learning more about them every day.
If you could show your work to anyone in the world, who would it be?
Gramazio-Kohler
Your aesthetic embodied as a...
sound?
King Night by Salem
color?
Rust & Hi-viz orange
texture?
Romanesco Cauliflower
Your *grail*: if you could own one iconic design work, what would it be?
Zaha's Moraine sofa
Morain Sofa by Zaha HadidWhat’s next for you?
Locking in deeper into the things that make me tick; isolating myself from the distractions.
︎
DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay project. Are you a DESIGNHEAD? Send your responses to these prompts & 3 hi-res portraits to hello@pinkessay.space.
Want to translate this page? Copy the url, then visit this link.