Erwin K. Bauer
Wien
Austria
what do designers do?
Form follows content.
working at night per month
Never.
how do designers spend their time
on average workday?
on average workday?
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08:00
18:00, sometimes later
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designing
1 1 1
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research
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looking up things in our studio or public library, finding out and trying new tools or software, product- or market research, e.g.
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writing emails
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handling calls
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managing
1 1 1 1
project planning, controlling, acquisition, strategic meetings in-house and with clients
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other
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cooking, talking, eating and playing table soccer or going to the Kaffeehaus
how do designers develop ideas?
Think. Research. Rethink. Sketch. Discuss with the team. Rethink. Select.
main influences
Content: the daily and future challenges of a global society. Form: my personal local surrounding, exotic places all around the world. Dialog: People working with me, clients and friends.
what does a designers’
workplace look like?
workplace look like?
Two levels at the Alpenmilchzentrale - an old dairy from the 1960s in the heart of Vienna.
what is an ideal designer like?
Patient. Listening. Questioning. Critical. Visionaire. Modest. Consequent.
what is a dream client like?
Patient. Listening. Questioning. Critical. Visionaire. Modest. Consequent.
relationship with client
Close and distant. Serious and humourous. Respectful and Critical.
getting along with salary
I cope very well.
what do you like or dislike
about the others’ behaviour?
about the others’ behaviour?
Like: Think fast and get to the point, make decisions, be interested in discussions as well as in realizing things. Dislike: Trying to do the job of the designer instead of doing their own job.