The pure joy and intellectual curiosity of my first engineering project still lives in me. At the age of 10, I “designed” and built an “engineering piece” that was so messy and confusing-in form, function, and design-that it was almost impossible to describe. The fan, assembled from a disassembled radio-controlled helicopter connected by a coarse soldering flux and a clumsy box, was so confusing in its foundation and execution that it is now puzzling. Voltage and current were not in balance, and I never thought about its use, usability, or stability. But it was a product of true curiosity and a relentless experiment that will stay with me forever.
Since then, I have created a small workshop at home with various tools, where I continue to experiment with all kinds of design productions, both alone and with like-minded people. We meet regularly and collaborate on projects of a fairly large scale, which have few clear goals apart from the pure joy derived from experiential learning. Although we’ve created some great things, from radio-controlled cars to smart pet feeders and Bluetooth speakers, it’s really about the process here, not the result. For me, such an organic synergetic effect, the exchange of knowledge and experience in the name of intellectual curiosity, is extremely satisfying. Nothing makes me happier.