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| The Godfather has holes for a child sized serving of spaghetti and three other holes – for a single diner, a couple and ‘triplets’. My aluminium egg cups have a sleek, retro 1950s space rocket quality, but the good looks come with a hidden storage trick – the cups are magnetic and are designed to be attached to the outside of the fridge. |
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| • What gave you the idea for the products? |
| My product often have a humours twist, as well as a stylised elegance, so my new spaghetti measuring device is shaped like a knuckle-duster and is called The Godfather. |
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| • What has influenced the products development? |
| I try instil my products with a sense of surprise. Quite often people are unsure what the item is when they first see it. It works as a kind of story. You get the inquisitiveness on the form of the item this leads up to the use and function being revealed. This creates a desire. I used to work exclusively in steel but have now moved into other materials such as aluminium and pewter. |
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| • How do your products respond to changes in the market place? |
| I think the explosion of Internet usage and the ability to go from a concept to a prototype using Rapid Prototyping has given European based manufacturers and designers an edge over the global market. We can have an idea and turn it into a 3D concept in 5 days. This can become a commercial product in 2 weeks and can be available to the public and shops within the month. |
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| • What / who influences your product design? |
| My attitude to design is heavily influenced by industrialists and trailblazers for the industrial revolution, such a James Watt and Matthew Boulton and polymath designers such a William Morris; explorers and thinkers such as Charles Darwin also inspire me. |
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| • What inspires you? |
| I am further inspired by cutting edge technology being used to compete in the market place examples include Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing. I also apply innovation to function. It is my personal goal to blend function with beauty to create an array of products that are beautifully simple, sculptural and desirable. I aspire to developing designs that will stand the test of time and become design icons of the future. |
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| • What motivates you? |
| I enjoy change and variety I believe totally in style and function blending together as uniquely and beautifully as possible. |
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| 2006 |
New collection launched in London and Dublin.
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| 2003 |
David-Louis.com launched making David-Louis.com contemporary tableware available direct to the public.
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| 1998 |
Gallery opened on Warstone lane, Birmingham, featuring David Louis originals and the best of new and exciting designs from young designers.
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| 1997 |
Corporate gift company Gifts of Distinction founded and located in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter.
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| 1994 |
Relocated to Birmingham, UK, to study Jewellery Design in the City's University of Central England.
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| 1990 |
Studied Watchmaking in Dublin's Irish/Swiss Institute of Horology.
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| 1972 |
David lived and was educated in the seaside town of Arklow, Ireland. Surrounded by the sea, vast tracts of unspoilt coastline, the beautiful vale of Avoca and the Wicklow mountains, this Viking town still provides inspiration for David's love of striking shapes and natural materials.
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David Louis Answers Questions For Design Show
