So excited!! For those of you who’ve been following me on social media, you’ve seen that a little while ago I’ve been interviewed by LAMA APP. And thought it would be a cool thing to share my answers on here as well (finally).

fireworks

But before we begin… What is LAMA and who is it for?

LAMA is a video Q&A App that allows you to get in direct touch with experts, entrepreneurs, innovators, celebrities and people with interesting stories. I got contacted by a member of their team and I received 5 questions that I answered through video.

Andreea, you have been doing design work for almost two decades! What has changed about your creative process through these years of technological innovation?

Oh gosh yes. A lot has changed in the past two decades since I’ve been doing design.

I was still in school when I first started doing websites and graphics for local bands and I used to connect with people through IRC chats and through forums and since then a lot – A LOT – has changed especially in the web design space.

Back then I could basically do a full website from start to finish in a couple of days because the only thing that was, was just HTML and CSS and none of the technologies that exist nowadays like jQuery or WordPress, not even Flash as much. And that was definitely a different way of going about design because also fields like user experience didn’t exist as a specialty.

Now basically when I start doing a website I first think of the Information Architecture and the experience that a person, a user, is going to have. But back in the day it was more centered on the actual aesthetics. Like I would just fire up Photoshop and you know start with the layout. Now it’s more about organizing and structuring the information. And then after that focusing on the aesthetic side.

Well it’s kind of like reverse almost how you used to be like you start with the layout and then you put the content in now – it’s reversed basically.

video

Is Klangwelt a one-woman show? Do you have anyone else on your team? What characteristics make someone a good fit to work with creatively?

 

video

Yes KLANGWELT® is a one woman show – at least at the moment.

I do all the marketing, the design, the coding, promotion and everything that is currently part of Klangwelt. So you could say that I am both on the creative side and also on the business side as well.

And what would make someone a good fit to work with creatively? Well, definitely passion. I love working with people that are truly passionate about creativity and about what they do regardless of what field they really are.

And so it’s very important to be really in love with what you do and be passionate. It doesn’t matter, you know, your skill set as much as just having that driving force for it and definitely also a little bit of you know, misfit and desire to break boundaries to kind of shake things up, to think outside of the box. I work very well with people that just want to push boundaries and maybe create things that are not you know inside of a “norm” so to speak.

Any recent campaigns that you are particularly proud of? What previous work with brand building best highlights your abilities?

video

“Any recent campaigns that I’m particularly proud of?” – Yes! Definitely the recent rebranding I’ve done for New School Recordings.

It’s a project that is really close to my heart because I’ve done the original branding as well in 2011 and I think it’s a great project that displays my creative abilities; not just because it’s an artists’ record label and I really really love working with artists and musicians, but also because it has allowed me a lot of creative freedom and they really trusted my vision for for this.

And I just had a very great time collaborating with them and with everything regarding this branding: from revamping their logo to rebuilding their website, I’ve done all the album artworks and flyers and promotional materials, as well as the artist development, uhm… music videos which is something I haven’t done before. I mean not really. And I was really happy and excited to be able to work more on that skill and it’s it was really fun and challenging project. I learned a lot. And I’m just super excited about how everything turned out in the end like the whole thing.

So yeah I’m really happy about that one. I also worked on their social media so that was another cool thing.

What has been the most rewarding facet of your work? Do you have time for creative work outside of your job?

“What has been the most rewarding facet of my work?” – Well literally the creative process in and of itself is the most rewarding facet of my work because I consider myself first and foremost an artist type more than a designer, more than a business person. So I definitely like creating the most. That is when I feel the most alive and that is the most rewarding part of my work.

I don’t enjoy the negotiations and coding and the more technical side as much as I enjoy the visual side and basically being able to create a vision and to make sure that the aesthetics are on point and that everything has a certain mood with a certain feeling that I need to convey into that particular work.

And do I have time for creative work outside of my job? – Yes, definitely! I’m trying to bring creativity to every aspect of my life and besides my design work I also run a lifestyle and culture blog called StyleUnsettled.com which also showcases a lot of my creative abilities. And the whole visual storytelling side of my personality. So yeah, it’s all about creative work all day long 🙂

video

Any new clients or campaigns coming up in the new year? What will 2019 bring to Klangwelt?

video

“Any new clients or campaigns coming up in the New Year?” Definitely, I am very excited to work on a full branding at the moment for a fashion designer. She’s really a very sweet person and she creates these super cool botanically inspired pieces of jewelry and clothing and also accessories based around botanical elements. And I’m really excited to be helping her with her branding, with her website, her social media; everything that needs to be done for her fashion campaigns like: catalogs and illustrations, artworks, pieces of graphic design, pieces of promotional materials.

I won’t be doing the actual designs of the clothing that is her job because she is the fashion designer after all, but everything else that pertains to branding – I’ll be helping her with, and I just can’t wait for us to just launch this whole brand. I’m very excited about that!!

And I also hope I will have more clients in the music and lifestyle and fashion space in 2019 because as you guys know this is where my strongest abilities lay. So I really am hopeful and excited for this new year to be making new ideas happen and new skills to be learned!

Thank you so much for reading and watching! ♥️ If you would like to visit the original interview, please head to the LAMA app and you can see all my answers here. Don’t forget to share if you find it inspiring!

Liked it? Take a second to support klangwelt on Patreon!
klangwelt
klangwelt
Hey there, I'm Andreea (aka Klangwelt)! I'm a creative director, artist, visual designer, and musician/DJ. My biggest passions are music and art, and I enjoy being immersed in culture. I run the underground art collective KlangCollective. I make music under the name Klangdefekt.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.