Posted on Tuesday, 28th April 2009 by Ferdun
Dmitry Samal is a successful freelance designer from Belarus. Specialized in industrial design, he has been exhibiting his work around the world and awarded for it. I thought it would be of interest for Designer Daily’s readers to learn a little more about him through a short interview. Don’t miss more pictures of his work at the end of the post.
How did you get into design?
I guess, it is due to my love to cars. I graduated from Polytechnic’s University in Belarus and got the diploma of car engineer, at the same time I was very interested in car design and I was sketching all the time during the lectures. Later I started to participate in several contests and conferences about car design and finally won the scholarship Audi and Scuola Politechnica di Design in Milan. At that time I realized that car design and design in general is my passion.
Can you tell our readers about your design process?
I always start from sketches and through the sketching I find the idea. I absolutely agree with the words of one of my teachers: “The talent of the designer is at the tip of a pencil”.
Then the idea that I (or my client) find interesting is transferred in 3d (sometimes it is not possible and I try to find another way) which allows me to see this object almost in reality with different materials and situations. And then I do the technical specification based on the 3d model.
What tools and software do you use on a regular basis?
Photoshop (image editing), Rhino (3D modeling).
Which of your projects are you the most proud of and Why?
I am proud of almost every project I have done and I am doing because I always put myself in it, I am trying to work as good and creative as possible.
Also trough my designs I am trying to show the rich culture and traditions of Belarus, not very famous here in Europe.
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