I was lucky enough to be able to interview Siggi Eggertsson for XLR8R magazine. Siggi is a designer I have a lot of respect for. I am just old enough to have been able to see a few different styles come in and out of fashion. Everything used to have antlers on it remember? But Siggi really has always stuck out as someone who makes the effort not to adhere to the changing canons of taste. His work is alien but somehow alludes to all these charismatic visual ideas like folk art or video game graphics, but its hard to point out any aesthetics he has lifted directly. Designers like him are rare. And he is rewarded for it, which I think is even more rare.
Interviewing noteworthy people is something I’ve always wanted to do, and I am grateful for the opportunity. It is a difficult mediation role you have to play. Big respect to Terri Gross and Studs Terkel for making it look easy. This is definitely something I’d like to do more often.
Also, I had just seen Blade Runner again so I tried to ask questions that started off with statements, as if Siggi was a replicant. He might be. I don’t know really.