Who are you?
Hi, I’m Hugo Duina, someone with a lot of questions.

What is your profession?
I am a bench joiner since 14 years, but I’m now studying craft Design in Gut Rosenberg Academy (Aachen)

Where do you come from?
I come from a little town in Burgundy named Auxerre (France). Currently I live in Aachen since 2 years for my studies. We came with my girlfriend because we needed a new adventure. We discovered a rich dynamic in the Euregion. It was a very nice surprise.

You in a napkin sketch?

Three things on your bucket list? (Three things you definitely want to do one day)
1. Promote the work of my muse: www.laurelinele.com
2. Keep traveling !
3. Knowledge does not belong to us. Pass on everything I can to the new generations.

A typical day of your life in three Emojis?
😣🤔✏

What you love about design?
I’m not good at talking, so design is my way to express myself. It’s not like if I had a choice 🙂
It’s also a good therapy, a way to get to know each other and discuss the world by broadening your perspectives.

What hate about design?
What I don’t like is design that doesn’t ask questions and doesn’t offer any experience. Who is for being, with no foundation. I think that many good designers are eclipsed by a design market that favours this “easy design”. That’s a pity.

What is your secret superpower?
Make a joke that no one understands and observe their non-reaction. This authentic moment is so much funnier.

What is the value of design? / beeing a designer?
I think the role of design is to bring magic into our daily lives. Although it’s a very material discipline, its enormous advantage remains immaterial.

I believe that being a designer means nurturing the hope of contributing to the common good, as everyone does in their own way, by making sure that we are not going in the wrong direction.

If you had three free wishes….?
Be a good father.
Learn how to shut down de Trump’s twitter account.
Find out which ingredients make Brasil sauce so addictive…. Please. Help me.

One must see in the Euregio?
Sometimes there are intense moments that you don’t want to miss. The Benedictine Abbey of Mamelis is one of them. At the time of the service (in Latin), the songs, the light and the space come together in harmony and reveal their full potential. These moments confirm to me that art, architecture and design are not useless.

Your epic fails?
I’m glad that singing is not a part of my design process…

Your best discovery?
Learn how to fail. I believe that a good Designer is one who knows how to take advantage of his best mistakes. If he is patient and attentive enough, the materials and techniques he uses will provide him with the best answers. But first of all, he must learn to put his ego aside.