Veera Gontšugova is a DESIGNHEAD
Blog — 12.3.22
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Name: Veera Gontšugova
Age: 26
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Instagram: @cchernichka
Website: gontsugova.com
Are you a designer? Why or why not? I am. I hate copying, so when I am creating stuff inspired by an existing idea (I mean anything that can inspire me from out or within), I am naturally trying to interpret it through my own vision and a medium. I also often feel a need to make ‘practical’ pieces.
One word to describe your take on design: Conceptual
The last thing you made: Bliss ottoman
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The next thing you want to make: an upcycled armchair
A designed object you adore: Furniture sculptures by Lee Sisan and anything from Rooms Studio
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A designed object you can’t stand the sight of: Clothing with Ed Hardy prints
A moment of pure creative joy: The process of creating or putting together, the play of it.
When we say “designing the future,” what comes to mind? Designing inspired by the future itself, a beautiful concept to be inspired by the uknown, which is a pure fantasy and speculation.
If you could show your work to anyone in the world, who would it be? Harry Nuriev
Your aesthetic embodied as a:
sound? silence
color? white
texture? furry
Your *grail*: if you could own one iconic design work, what would it be? That’s a hard desidion indeed. Soriana armchair by Arfa & Tobia Scarpa — I’ve just discovered the denim variation.
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What’s next for you? Currently planning my solo exhibition as my Master’s thesis in interior architecture: a series of conceptual interior objects.
<DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay project . Are you a DESIGNHEAD? Send your responses to these prompts, 2 hi-res portraits, and 6-8 photos of your DESIGNHEAD world to hello@pinkessay.space.>
Blog — 12.3.22
<What’s design got to do with it? DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay interview series featuring the new generation of designers, tastemakers, and creatives *shaking up* the design world.>
Name: Veera Gontšugova
Age: 26
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Instagram: @cchernichka
Website: gontsugova.com
Are you a designer? Why or why not? I am. I hate copying, so when I am creating stuff inspired by an existing idea (I mean anything that can inspire me from out or within), I am naturally trying to interpret it through my own vision and a medium. I also often feel a need to make ‘practical’ pieces.
One word to describe your take on design: Conceptual
The last thing you made: Bliss ottoman
The next thing you want to make: an upcycled armchair
A designed object you adore: Furniture sculptures by Lee Sisan and anything from Rooms Studio
A designed object you can’t stand the sight of: Clothing with Ed Hardy prints
A moment of pure creative joy: The process of creating or putting together, the play of it.
When we say “designing the future,” what comes to mind? Designing inspired by the future itself, a beautiful concept to be inspired by the uknown, which is a pure fantasy and speculation.
If you could show your work to anyone in the world, who would it be? Harry Nuriev
Your aesthetic embodied as a:
sound? silence
color? white
texture? furry
Your *grail*: if you could own one iconic design work, what would it be? That’s a hard desidion indeed. Soriana armchair by Arfa & Tobia Scarpa — I’ve just discovered the denim variation.
What’s next for you? Currently planning my solo exhibition as my Master’s thesis in interior architecture: a series of conceptual interior objects.
<DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay project . Are you a DESIGNHEAD? Send your responses to these prompts, 2 hi-res portraits, and 6-8 photos of your DESIGNHEAD world to hello@pinkessay.space.>