Shoulder length hair, wide leg jeans, and black high heels give you a sense of competence when you first meet Xu Fang. After talking with her, you will find that this is an interior designer who has exquisite pursuit of life and space design.
Since she started her career in 2011, Xu Fang has plunged into the world of design. No matter whether she worked overtime until early morning, went home to rest with the sunrise, or continued to adapt from home decoration to work clothes, she has been silently doing her best and waiting for flowers to bloom.
Now, seven years later, Xu Fang has become the design director of Baiguan Decoration and has a stable customer base, but she still keeps walking on the road, with her original heart, forging ahead.
Learn to bear hardships
Struggling to pursue dreams
Xu Fang is from Jiaxing. After graduating from college in 2011, she returned to Jiaxing with great enthusiasm for interior design. "I didn't think so much at that time, and I thought I should do it," she said with a smile.
Indeed, she has always been a girl with her own ideas and plans for the future. "When I was in junior high school, I had planned to study science in senior high school. When I was in senior high school, I began to study architecture and interior related majors. At that time, I seemed to have seen the busy scene of doing design in front of the computer in the future."
Xu Fang admitted that when she first started her career, although she was ready to bear hardships, the degree of hardship was still beyond her imagination. "There was no salary for the first three months of internship. Later, she helped other designers draw pictures, and she got a little income." She remembered that when she went to the Shanty Family Community to measure houses, she had to take the bus to the railway station first, and then change to another car. In the sultry summer, walking on the road, she felt the gap between ideal and reality.
However, this girl has always been an optimist. Even if there are many difficulties in her work, as long as she has a good meal and calms down to think for herself, she will be "cured". "In fact, designing requires not only professional knowledge, but also professional expression to customers." Once Xu Fang was a bit introverted, and felt that it would be enough to just focus on drawing and make works that satisfy her, but slowly she found that if she could not land, the most perfect works would only be "on paper".
As a result, in Baiguan Decoration, as long as there are senior designers talking about customers, Xu Fang can always be seen sitting quietly and listening carefully. After listening, she will recall how they spread their minds when talking, and how designers seize the potential needs of customers and then integrate them into the design. Through repeated efforts, she grew rapidly and gradually had the opportunity to contact customers independently
From assistant to design director, from home decoration to tooling, Xu Fang's road has widened with the deepening of his understanding of design. "I discussed plans, standardized drawings, improved details, etc. with the company's seniors. Their pursuit, persistence and excellence in design made me deeply realize that design can be so wonderful." She said that it was hard to do design, so many people would give up halfway; It is also very happy to do design. When we see that families are born from our own hands, we forget the previous pain.
Recognized by customers
Is the value of designing
"Every refinement of design is a test of thinking and time." From constantly absorbing water like a sponge, absorbing nutrients, flexibly using the ruler in hand to do the preliminary work, to painful changes, strengthening the rationality of design, refining drawings, making the space more full and warm, and then realizing that design is not just a design space, It is to do more things with feelings and feelings. In 7 years, Xu Fang has grown from a timid girl to an excellent designer who can be independent and show her style in design.
This transformation made her happy and gave her more power and burden. She will take care to maintain every customer in her hand, and solve any problem as soon as possible, so she has been fully trusted.
"I found that many customers who signed their bills came back to me a few months after I gave out the design scheme, saying that they had compared many designers and finally chose me." Xu Fang said with a smile that no matter what channels she met with customers, she would give professional opinions from their perspective and prove herself with practical actions.
"The customer's living comfort is the first factor I will consider." In Xu Fang's design, there are not too many fancy decorations, but some are practical functions.
Xu Fang remembered that there was a house in Shangri, which was 116 square meters in the west. In the early field inspection, she found that the kitchen area is relatively small, and the two balconies are connected. "The owner is a husband and wife. I want to design the home into a modern style, so I want to work hard on the spatial layout." To solve the small problem of the kitchen, she made it into an open kitchen, and also made a bar, which not only increases the counter area of the kitchen, but also can be really used in life. As for the treatment of guest restaurants, she thought of half partition, which does not affect the overall size of the space, but also can distinguish between two balconies
Now, Xu Fang often sees the owner in his WeChat circle of friends showing photos of his home. "Our relationship is very good. She told me that the bar is highly used. Usually, it is useful to make milk powder for children and put something in it. I am very happy, especially thanks to me." She thinks that this is the value and sense of achievement of design, It is also the driving force to persist.
Just do it step by step
Will be different
Time is like yesterday. Some time ago, Xu Fang attended a classmate gathering for the tenth anniversary of her graduation from high school, which made her sigh "time passes too fast" and strengthened her determination to make great strides on the design road. In her words, life is very long, and we need to have some ideals and feelings.
And this, in fact, is what she has been doing. Go to design exhibitions to find inspiration and learn experience; When encountering something new, try it at the first time; Adhere to painting and let yourself calm down to do design...... Xu Fang has a serious "occupational disease". In her mobile phone album, there are thousands of photos, including good designs seen on the journey, interesting things encountered in daily life, beautiful design drawings, closing details, etc. "I used to travel to Japan before. Everywhere I went, I would go to see the design and construction process of the hotel. You can see that the wall has adopted seam stickers, and the requirements for the process are very high..." She found some photos taken at that time and introduced them to the reporter, her eyes shining.
Such enthusiasm and passion, even after doing so many years in this industry, Xu Fang still maintains. "Probably because I like it, I will keep going!" She rubbed her shoulders and firmly said that design was something I would always do
Life changes due to design, achieving space harmony and making design worthwhile. Xu Fang is stubborn. She hopes that her favorite design can be integrated with life, because design can change life and the state of residents. "The current interior design is not only the simple content of how to make the background wall and how to design the restaurant, but also the need to set up different scene patterns to show different living conditions for the residents, which is what a designer should do." Today, design is not only a job for her, but also a dream to be realized step by step, "Life needs a little impulse, so does design. I don't think we need to think too much about it. If we do it, it will be different!"
