British designer Stuart floored me with his earnest designs, which prompted me to urge him for an interview. His Sony Retro Hifi and EnergyMate are easy going designs that are practical and contemporary. Let's hear (or rather read) his side of the story.
Who is Stuart...where did his roots begin?
I grew up in a village south of the Lake District in North-West England. I was always interested in design and problem solving from a young age. I loved to draw things and then build them with Lego. Through school I always loved Design and Technology class, and became particularly interested in product design. Before University I took a gap year to travel Europe. This really opened my eyes to other cultures and ways of life and proved to be really inspiring. After returning from travelling I moved to Birmingham to attend Aston University. Aston offered the perfect product design course for me. It was engineering based rather than art based, meaning it was a very practical course with focus on function as well as form. I really enjoyed university life, particularly the social aspect and working with like-minded people. After University I was invited to attend the New Designers exhibition in London, and now hope to pursue a career in design.
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Slim is definitely in and happening. Every new design becomes obsolete some day and we must be open to embrace change positively. There have been loads of salt and pepper shaker designs in the past that have caught the fancy of many for many years. But designer Juhasz Adam has revolutionized the ordinary fat and stout shakers by making them slim, long and of steel. This design, as you can see, is an ordinary concept- a salt, pepper, red pepper shaker, but packaged in oodles of style. Nor would it occupy much space on your dining table, nor will it look like what it actually is. A must have for every modern-day dining table that wishes to defy convention. 
