Date: 3rd July 2018

Venue: IDS, Building 8, GTU, 75 Kostava Street, Tbilisi

Event: Designer in Free Flight Mode

Format: Meeting with IDS Students: Practical Advice for Beginner 

Designers

Speaker: Dodoshka Chkheidze (Georgia), Founder of dodo designs

More information on https://www.facebook.com/dodoshka.chkheidze

Poster © Nino Akhobadze

The meeting was held in question-answer mode. The Georgian designer was born in 1985 in Tbilisi, obtained her bachelor’s degree in Scenography at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University, and since 2005 works on production design, art direction, set design, installation, sculpture, and interior design.

During the meeting at IDS on question “What brings you the most joy at the stage in life?” the answer was “It brings me great pleasure to have so much free time on my hands that I am able to spend in my favorite home. I spend time watching movies from my childhood and going through my last collection of vinyl that I am still discovering. Most importantly I have time to think about things that I previously I had no time for.I consider it to be an important stage in my personal development that has allowed me to reevaluate things in life”. 

Another question was “How does your workspace look?”. The answer from the designer was: “It would not be surprising that I pay a lot of attention to the aesthetic of my surrounding, therefore, I designed my workspace and house in accordance with my taste and style as well as taking into consideration the opinion of my colleagues and family members. my office is located in one of the most beautiful buildings in Tbilisi. I like to have interesting items that are pleasurable to look at, well organized while always having some flowers around. Therefore, I wholeheartedly agree with the saying that “The details are not the details. They make the design.” On the question “Which artist from the past would you like to meet?” Miss Chkheidze replied: “If I had to pick one it would certainly be Leonardo Da Vinci, a man of vast knowledge and abilities. Furthermore, it would be a great pleasure to travel back to the magical Renaissance era”.