F5: Andu Masebo?s Love of Free Entertainment, Joining Materials + More
Product designer Andu Masebo joins us for Friday Five to discuss a few favorite places in London, media he can't get out of his mind, and more!
A creative jack of all trades, London-based Andu Masebo boasts a background in carpentry, metalwork, ceramics, and fabrication that has helped to turn him into the talented product designer he is today. “In one sense, it?s always been quite clear to me that I?d end up being involved in making objects somehow,” Masebo shares. “In another, it was all a bit of an accident.”
That’s because he never intended on working under his own name but rather harbored dreams of being hired by a great design studio once he finished earning his master’s degree in product design at the Royal College of Art. Going so far as to admit he didn’t make particularly great work, Masebo ended up trying to impress interviewers with versions of things that already existed. “It wasn?t until I left and I started to make quite simple objects that I wasn?t trying to impress anyone with that it started to click for me.” Andu Masebo \ Photo: Ollie Adegboye
Today, Masebo often switches back and forth between the roles of designer and maker as a way to generate ideas and create connections. But surprisingly, he doesn’t feel like his design practice has yet made a clear shift from hobby to career, noting that while it’s his main source of income, it’s also full of contradictions.
The designe...
A creative jack of all trades, London-based Andu Masebo boasts a background in carpentry, metalwork, ceramics, and fabrication that has helped to turn him into the talented product designer he is today. “In one sense, it?s always been quite clear to me that I?d end up being involved in making objects somehow,” Masebo shares. “In another, it was all a bit of an accident.”
That’s because he never intended on working under his own name but rather harbored dreams of being hired by a great design studio once he finished earning his master’s degree in product design at the Royal College of Art. Going so far as to admit he didn’t make particularly great work, Masebo ended up trying to impress interviewers with versions of things that already existed. “It wasn?t until I left and I started to make quite simple objects that I wasn?t trying to impress anyone with that it started to click for me.” Andu Masebo \ Photo: Ollie Adegboye
Today, Masebo often switches back and forth between the roles of designer and maker as a way to generate ideas and create connections. But surprisingly, he doesn’t feel like his design practice has yet made a clear shift from hobby to career, noting that while it’s his main source of income, it’s also full of contradictions.
The designe...
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