汤姆·曼（Tom Man）是一位常驻以色列特拉维夫的工业设计师。他在Loop设计奖中斩获了三个不同类别的奖项（类别奖——产品 | 家具设计、大众选择奖和新锐设计师奖）。他的作品和产品被多家知名设计平台收录，包括Yanko Design、DesignWanted、PhotoVouge、Deoron、Meguso等。 在此，他将与我们分享他的灵感来源，以及KeyShot 如何KeyShot 他的创作流程。
汤姆·曼
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Modeling software used: SolidWorks
你是怎么对工业设计产生兴趣的？
I was a curious kid, always longing to explore, touch and experience. I found myself planning and designing even without knowing or understanding the term. I loved to draw and paint, dismantle and assemble while trying to create the next invention that would help me get through the summer. Later, I found myself traveling the world working at commercial tradeshows and experiencing so many companies, stories and products which brought me to the realization that I want to create stories through objects that will inspire other people. That’s what brought me to study for my industrial design BA in Shenkar College in Israel. I graduated in 2019.
Since 2021, I visualize and design as a freelance designer for companies, start ups, individuals as the lead designer at a security systems company.
你会如何描述你的设计理念？
These days, my personal design projects focus on the visual elements as I explore how shapes, composition and materials have the power to attract users, evoke delightful emotions and provide different emotional experiences. In short, design for me has to be rational, while seeking to communicate and embody the intention of the creator.
“充斥我们日常生活中的物品，是我们形影不离的伙伴，”哲学家柳宗悦在其著作《日常之美》中写道，“正因如此，它们应当精心制作、经久耐用，并受到尊重，甚至被倾注关爱。它们应当是充满美感的事物。”在设计过程中，我致力于将这些关于美与魅力的理念融入其中，以此加深我们与身边物品之间的联系。
你的灵感来自哪里？
I believe that inspiration can be found in every aspect of our lives, we just have to be observant. Our everyday lives are full of inspiration; although the objects that surround us tend to be mute they contain different emotional elements so we have to be aware and notice.
I find a lot of inspiration not necessarily in the visual world but in books and words that expose me to new ideas and perceptions. I am influenced by a lot of philosophers in the aesthetic discipline such as Rojer Fry, Soetsu Yanagi, Jane Forsey and Arthur Danto, who try to define the term design and draw its boundaries. I act and design between those lines.
What inspired you to create ViR, the VR Controller?
The motivation was to break the traditional look of existing gun and pistol-like controllers and bring a more settled and elegant design that better corresponds with VR technology required. The design is based on several lines creating a dynamic silhouette, letting go of the configuration of main body and handle and bringing them together in one non-exhausted act.
“我能给出的最好建议是：保持好奇心，努力工作，并时刻做好学习的准备，因为能成为一名创作者是一份莫大的荣幸。”
在您的制作流程中，您会在哪个环节使用KeyShot？
Every project demands a different process, although I always use KeyShot in order to test how the light falls on the surfaces in the early stages. Later on I use it in order to compare different colors pallets and make decisions pre-manufacture or modeling.
What makes KeyShot an important tool to have?
渲染技术能够让您的设计呈现出最逼真的视觉效果，从而使其更具吸引力，并带给人们愉悦与兴奋之感。它也是辅助决策的绝佳工具，能帮助我确定色彩、质感以及恰到好处的氛围。
What’s next for you?
I recently got married to my other half, Maya Peled, who is also an industrial designer that I met in my studies. Currently, we are in the process of establishing our mutual design studio – tomaya, which aims to collaborate with great craftsmen and manufacturers to design and produce beautiful objects that will serve us and help to redefine our human concerns.
What advice would you give to someone interested in doing what you do?
The best advice I can give is to stay curious, work hard, and always be prepared to learn because it’s a great privilege to be a creator.
“我们的日常生活处处充满灵感；尽管周围的事物往往沉默不语，但它们蕴含着各种情感元素，因此我们必须保持敏锐，用心去察觉。”
