LILIIA FOKINA 'For about 13 years I have been immersed in the world of design. In my practice, I constantly deal with all aspects of the Construction Industry. During my career, I collaborated with manufacturers of cabinet and upholstered furniture, interacted with suppliers of building materials and household appliances. I was a Product Manager in opening a furniture design studio and a studio for the repair of the housing sector. I personally communicated not only with clients, but also with Construction Managers, Designers, Facilities Managers and Construction Technology Engineers. And I was always surprised how different their languages were: some spoke the language of tools, others the language of numbers, customers conveyed their vision, tried to defend their desires and protect their expectations, reinforcing everything with pictures from the Web. For me, this whole journey reflected the efforts of everyone to translate different aspects into a unified reality, which the finished interior should become. That is why upon founding my own interior design studio, my core mission was clear: set up interplay among those who make it happen.' |