Fludd Interviews / 49. Sophie Rowley

A) NAME : Sophie Rowley

B) WHERE ARE YOU FROM? : Germany/ New Zealand

C) HOW OLD ARE YOU? : 28

D) YOUR SPHERE OF INTERESTS (DRAWING, PAIN-TING, PHOTOGRAPHY, ANIMATION, ...) : materials, textiles, product, fashion, consumer behaviour research

E) STUDIES : BA fashion design(berlin), MA Material Futures (London)

F) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO/HAVE YOU DONE? : I work as a crossdisciplinary designer between fashion, textiles and materials. I enjoy learning new processes, crafts and techniques from different disciplines and seeing how they can inform each other. After I graduated in fashion designer I was working in the embroidery departments of Diane von Fürstenberg and Alexander McQueen. As I wanted to expand my knowledge I decided to come to London to do the Masters in Material Futures at Central Saint Martins. Here I learnt research driven design and got insight into complete new design fields. Currently I am working on a commission for Nissan and am working for Studio Toogood on some projects.

G) 3 MASTERS : A few are: August Sander, Hans Arp, Naum Gabo, Malevich. From today: Margiela, Grycic, Heatherwick, Nelly Ben Hayoun and many more

H) 1 INSPIRING CITY : London

I) A PLACE YOU'D LOVE TO VISIT SOON : Istanbul

J) 1 SPECIAL MUSEUM : The Museum of Things - Berlin

K) 1 RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE : http://somethingaboutmagazine.com/

L) FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOUR : chocolate

M) A SHOP YOU LOVE : Labour and wait

N) 2 OBJECTS YOU LIKE : my bike, stones

O) YOUR IDEAL BREAKFAST : eggs bennedikt

P) SOMEWHERE NICE TO GO IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD : IVY´s on Kingsland road

Q) LAST BOOKS YOU HAVE READ : Speculative Everything (by By Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby), Staffocation

R) WHAT ARE A FEW THINGS INSPIRING YOU AT THE MOMENT? : building stores, material libraries, brutalist architecture

S) WHICH IS THE MAIN DIFFICULTY FOR A YOUNG CREATIVE TODAY? : For me it is to find a way of commercialising an idea through finding easier and less time consuming production methods.

T) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE DIMENSION OF ART AND CREATIVITY? : I also would change the answer about who my masters are since they change constantly and depend on discipline.

U) WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? : interesting projects, likeminded people, people with similar aesthetics or design approaches

V) PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE (EXAGGERATE!) : I want to make a museum of experiments

W) WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO STUDY WHEN YOU'LL BE OLD? : I would like to be a pilot

Y) A GOOD PURPOSE FOR THE 2015 SEASON : more rest

Z) WHAT DOES THE WORD "FLUDD" SUGGEST YOU? : very nice work!

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