Speed Date / KRISTÝNA ŠPANIHELOVÁ, jewellery designer
Photo: Ľuboš Kotlár.
Where are you from?
From Moravian Wallachia.
Where did you study?
Ostrava, Bratislava, Prague, Ljubljana.
Who was your best teacher?
Life.
Who were/ are your parents?
Elevator operator, Project engineer.
What don’t you enjoy in design?
Stereotypes, Imitations, Superficialities.
And on the contrary, what do you?
Cleverness, Unconventionality, Experiment.
What do you listen to?
Audiobooks, podcasts.
Your favourite film or cartoon?
Spring, summer, autumn, winter… and spring (Kim Ki-duk).
Who do you respect as an authority in and out of your field?
Many skillful creators, unique and courageous, it is impossible to choose one.
What thing did you last buy?
In antique shop, a small porcelain head.
Do you buy professional literature? What was the latest book?
Yes. Clasps – 4,000 years of fasteners in Jewellery.
Do you vote?
Yes.
Who throws the best parties?
I don’t know.
Your favourite dome?
Pantheon.
Party dress. Made by…?
Hrča.
Your hero from the past?
Marie Curie.
Best/nicest house?
At home.
Do you have any stereotypes when you work? How do they show?
Yes, an oval.
What’s on your desktop?
Horizon and sky.
Best exhibition, work of art?
Louise Bourgeois in Munich.
What do you respect both from the local and foreign design scene? And why?
Authenticity.
Ethics or money?
Ethics.
Extraordinary book?
The Little Prince.
Optimist, pessimist, nihilist?
Optimist.
Do you have any hobby?
Permaculture, Genealogy, History, Mountains,…
Solo or in a collective?
More individual, two people are better together and a small team is also ok.
Slovakia as the Promised Land?
Friends.