![]() ![]() G: As I said, at the beginning I was stuck between several directions. M: What do you think about the comment that your latest work is a zone between several branches – art, design and architecture? What is design and art to you and where do you see yourself in all that? I was stuck between several directions, and what helped me was the Design Academy network and being in Netherlands, because I studied there, and I was drawn in by the community, where I still remain now. It was a really cool moment of uncertainty. At that moment you take a huge risk, cut off everything and start to focus on what you’d like to do, without really knowing what that is. It was very important, so that in three years I could leave and create my own studio. I had no experience with being within a structure. After Riga, I went back to Amsterdam to work at various design studious to get a sense of how business is built, how to work with clients, since all my previous experience was very local and among friends, it concerned small orders and graphic design. Back then I said it out loud, while still not quite believing and seeing it. That was still at fantasy level, none of it was actualized since it was the very beginning. Even back then I said that I want to step away from graphic design in order to apply what I learned in the Design Academy, work with materials and forms, think about interior, design objects etc. ![]() I tried to find myself and understand what I like, what I’m capable of and what direction should I take. G: Ten years ago I had just graduated from the Design Academy. How do you look at your decade? How has it changed you in the design sense? How did you see it then and how do you see the design now? You worked in one design branch and now you work in another design branch which is borderline art and architecture. When I think about you, what jumps out to me is what has happened in your work and career during the past eleven years since we last spoke. Back then you were strictly a graphic designer. We had the “Naked Conversations”, and there are few things that will be interesting to look back on. Our previous video interview was 11 years ago. M: Glad to see you in such form after 11 years. We talk about borders between art and design, and business side of design practice. This time our guest is designer Germans Ermičs. ![]()
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