Stephanie Jasny
Stephanie Jasny, born in 1982 in Munich, has freelanced since 2010 as a product designer in Berlin, where she started studying product design back in 2003 at the University of the Arts. During her time as a student, Stephanie Jasny was an intern at Schamburg+Alvisse (Sydney, 2007). After graduating in 2008 she joined the staff at Heine/Lenz/Zizka Projekte GmbH (Berlin, 2008) and then moved on to Läufer+Keichel (Berlin, 2010). Since 2009 Jasny has alongside her freelance work assisted Prof. Achim Heine at the University of the Arts Berlin as a member of the artistic staff.
Questions for Stephanie Jasny
What made you become a designer?
My enthusiasm for creating something real from an idea, using technology and materials to give parts of your own imaginary world physical form for those around you. It is precisely this creative aspect of furniture design that gives me most pleasure.
What would you be doing now if you had not become a designer?
After my A levels I toyed with the idea of studying architecture. It seemed to me to be an equally interesting creative profession. Looking back I would also have enjoyed studying a humanities discipline. I am very interested in sociological and cultural science issues and developments.
How do you feel about the idea that form should follow function?
To my mind this classic guiding principle is more relevant in other areas such as transportation design rather than in furniture design. When it comes to furniture people have less specific ideas about what the purpose of something should be – often logic alone does not determine it. Take the lemon squeezer by Philippe Starck, which despite its exaggerated, non-functional design found its way into many households and even gained cult status.
