Wanki Kim

Wanki Kim是来自韩国的一位产品设计师，虽然年纪轻轻，但他已创办了自己的Eye Dea Lab工作室，通过创意设计，赋予现有的产品新的价值。于此同时，Wanki也致力于分享与交流，几年间他参与了许多各种各样的活动，同时也作为韩国设计会员（KDM）的一份子。看看他和我们分享了什么。

Narkii:

作为KDM的一份子，您在里面都负责什么呢？

As a 6th designer in Korea Design Membership, what are you in charge of?

Wanki: 

2015年，我服完兵役后，积累了许多经验，终于成为一个设计师。同时我也通过考试成为韩国设计振兴院组织的韩国设计会员（KDM）中的成员。

之后，我便致力于作为一个与KDM成员分享信息和力量的设计师。

I accumulated various experiences to realize a dream of becoming a designer after I was discharged from the military service in 2015. Meanwhile, I took a test to be a member of Korea Design Membership organized by Korea Institute of Design Promotion, and became the member of it.

After then, I dreamed of becoming a designer as sharing information and strengths with the members of Korea Design Membership.

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Narkii: 

韩国设计业为设计师们提供了怎样的环境呢？

What kind of environment for designers does design industry provide in Korea?

Wanki:

现在有更多的制度支持个人创业的人，这是解决年轻人就业危机的方法。对于拥有具有商业价值产品的人，可以获得辅助基金，用以开发他们的产品，还有其他与展览和工作环境相关的辅助。

虽然每个学校都有不同的教育方法，但在完成学业之后，人们可以有机会与一些公司展开产学活动，体验商业。

这些之中，我选择了韩国设计会员的活动，政府在这两方面上都提供了支持。通过活动，我可以获得如产学、展览、公开展示和个人创业等多项辅助。

There have been more systems to support people in private business, which is for solving unemployment crisis among young people. Those who own products with business value can receive supporting fund for developing their products and other support related to exhibition and working environment.

Though each school has different ways of education, people can receive opportunities to do industrial-educational activities with some companies and experience business after they complete their education.

Among them, I chose Korea Design membership activity which received support related to both of the two from the government, through the activity, I could receive lots of support such as industry-education, exhibition, open exhibition and private business.

Narkii: 

许多设计师毕业后会选择到公司去磨炼几年，您在一开始就创建了自己的工作室，基于什么做这样的决定呢？

Many designers choose to work in companies for experience after graduation while you started your own studio at the very first beginning. What made you decide that?

Wanki: 

学生将新的点子转化为产品的过程中会遇到各种无法预料的问题。这是因为，在工作中积累商业实践经验比起在学校来得更现实。产品设计与个人创业是不同的。要创业，一个人需要具有多领域的知识 ，比如设计，营销，管理，贸易和生产，需要个人的知识与人际网来经营公司。所以，大部分人认为要在工作中学习实际的商务后才可以创业。

我也经营着EYE DEA LAB，销售着我设计的学生鞋，以及做些外包的工作。但是，我还想体验许多东西，想见识更大的世界，所以我之后也可能会到公司去工作。

There are various unexpected problems to turn students' new ideas into products. That's because, having business practice experience at work is more realistic than at school when it comes to accumulating knowledge related to practical business. Product design and private business are other cases. To set up a business, one has to have knowledge about various fields such as design, marketing, management, trade and production, which is because their own know-how and networking are needed to maintain their companies. So, most people think that setting up a business should be after learning practical business at work.

I also run a company named EYE DEA LAB, where I sell products that I designed in students' shoes and do work which I am given through outsourcing. However, there are still many things that I want to experience to see a bigger world, so I dream of working in a company. 

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Narkii:  

和我们介绍一下Eye-Dea Lab吧，它的定位和理念是怎样的呢？

Can you introduct us about Eye-Dea Lab? Such as its positioning or philosophy.

Wanki:  

EYE DEA LAB 成立于2016年九月。它位于韩国京畿道。EYE DEA LAB的名字由“eye”和“dea”组成，来源于“idea”，意思是富有想法且具有视觉美的设计。EYE DEA LAB 创造性地通过为已存在的物品或产品增加价值从而设计出另一种价值。

目前我们有三款产品，分别是Bird Whisk，Fortune Lamp和DouBloom，已经准备生产与销售。

EYE DEA LAB富有广阔前景，引起了各种公司的兴趣，它们希望有外包以及产学活动的合作。

EYE DEA LAB was established in September, 2016. It is located in Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. The words EYE DEA LAB, consisting of 'eye' and 'dea', which is from idea, means a visually-beautiful design with ideas. EYE DEA LAB creatively designs another value by adding new value to the existing objects or products.

Currently, three products, which are Bird Whisk, Fortune Lamp, DouBloom, are being prepared to be manufactured and on sale.

EYE DEA LAB is so promising that various companies are interested in it and request for outsourcing and educational-industrial activities.

Narkii:

您参加了那么多的活动，包括展览，学术活动，比赛，您最大的收获是什么呢？

You have taken part in many activities including various exhibitions, academic activities, and competitions, what is the gtreatest thing you’ve learn from them?

Wanki:  

我在许多的比赛中曾获得过32个奖项，包括国内的一些公开展览，内外展览，产学活动，外包活动，国际活动以及会议。在我看来，我可以体验到许多不同的东西，比如国家的文化，设计趋势，公司的特点，利弊和诀窍。

而在设计上，我也学到了很多东西，这些对我的发展有很大的价值和帮助。其中印象深刻的一点就是人际关系。我遇到真诚的人，但也遇到有些因为我是学生就占我便宜的人。也可能不仅仅因为因为我是学生。有些人会欺负弱者，但也有人尊重信任彼此。由于早早意识到了这点，我可以辨别值得信任的人，并与之合作，我觉得这样对于进入社会中是很棒的体验。天底下没有免费的午餐。我想，应该是“付出多少，就得到多少，有时甚至付出的比得到的更多。”

I learned so many things through winning prizes 32 times in the lots of contests including domestic open exhibitions, internal and external exhibitions, educational-industrial activities, outsourcing activities, international activities and meetings with many companies. It could be my personal opinion, but I could experience many different things such as each country's culture, tendency to like design, and each company's characteristic, pros and cons and know-how.

In terms of learning design, I was taught so many things that every learning was valuable and helpful for my development. One of the most impressive learningwas the relationship with people. Some people were sincere to me while others tried to take advantage of me by reason of my being a student. That might not be just because I was a student. Some take advantage of the weak while others trust each other with respect. As realizing this fact early, I could see whom to trust and be together, which I think was a great experience to go into the world. There is no such thing as a free lunch. I had a notion, which was 'Give as much as you got or more than that.'  

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Narkii:

参加那么多国际上的展览，您觉得不同国家是有各自特色，还是有共同趋势呢？

Based on your experience in many International exhibitions, do you think that different countries have their own features or they just have the same trend?

Wanki:   

我不提具体国家的名字，也不提具体事件，但我认为，每个国家在青睐的产品或设计上还是有所不同的。每个国家对于喜欢的设计有不同的倾向，比如它可能喜欢平价的产品，可能喜欢设计精巧、使用期长的实用产品，喜欢有性别之分的，或是有个性的产品，或者是具有现代设计感的产品，我觉得这些产品是源自文化。因此，我认为不同国家可以发展出独特的设计，并且具有其他国家无法比拟的特色。

I'll not mention the name of specific country not to make any issue, but I thought that the country varied when they saw the products or designs they liked. Each country had different tendencies to like designs, such as whether they liked cheap product, delicately-designed product which can be used for long, practical product, sexual or characteristic product or modernly-designed product, which I thought derived from culture. So, I think such distinctive designs develop and are acknowledged for their abilities that cannot be matched.

Narkii:

平时有什么爱好吗？这些爱好有给您带来什么灵感吗？

What is your hobby? Do you get inspiration from it?

Wanki:   

我喜欢阅读有关设计的书籍，还喜欢逛百货商场。为了不落后于世界上时刻在变的设计趋势，我需要读这些书，研究那些热门的设计，去商场看时下受欢迎的东西，研究时装店的流行色和面料，学习的同时，我也从这些东西里找到很多乐趣。

 I like reading books about design and going to the department store. Not to be one step behind in the world of ever-changing design trend,  I read books about design, study designs in the spotlight, go to the department store to see popular items of the year and to study trendy colors and fabric materials in fashion stores because I can learn and have fun a lot there.

Narkii:

您现在还非常年轻，之后打算往什么方向继续努力呢？

You are a young designer, what is the direction in design that you are heading to?

Wanki:   

未来我的设计方向还不确定。所以我会继续学习研究。我想要做出伟大的设计，并且能够在街头巷尾或其他地方听到人们对我的设计的喜爱。 

The way to designing that I am aiming for is not certain yet. So, I keep studying and learning. I like to be a designer who makes great designs and can hear people saying that they love my designs on the street or in other places.

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