STUDENT: JULIA SOLANO
School: Leadership Public School | County: Alameda | City: Hayward
Grade: 12 | Age: 18
Supervised by: Darren Tarshis

About Julia
Julia Solano, 18 years from Hayward, is active in Advanced Placement classes, plays the violin, participates in a youth group and writing poetry. She is Vice President of her high school, the head layout editor of her school newspaper, an active member of the yearbook committee and various clubs around campus. She created 'The Dear Stranger Project', a social media and public transportation collaboration made to combat the sadness of strangers around the Bay. Since 2010, Julia has made and sold over 300 handmade watercolor cards through her card company, the Jworks. Julia will be a freshman at UC Berkeley in Fall 2012 and hopes to one day become an Industrial Designer.

GONZALO SAVOGIN (ARGENTINA) - HYPERCUBE CHAIR

I chose Julia Solano's project "Live as you live" because I find her core message of time and space very interesting. I translated her concept of time and space into a piece of home furniture, by using the concept of a hypercube, also known as tesseract. This cubic prism is a four-dimensional geometry shape which is formed by two cubes displaced in a fourth dimensional axis, which can be seen in three dimensions as two cubes (or rectangular prisms) joined by their vertices, while it can also be understood as the same cube that moved in time. In this way, it is time, as the fourth dimensional axis, that transforms into space since it allows the hypercube geometry to exist.

HYPERCUBE CHAIR was designed to be manufactured in sustainable stainless steel and a variety of sustainable seating upholstery fabrics, and the chair has appropriate ergonomic shapes and dimensions for comfortable seating. The strongest point of Julia's project is this concept of time and space, and I hope my work on this design helps to understand how a good concept can be used in a variety of ways for different purposes.


COMMENTS ON THE STUDENT'S PROJECT
Julia's project called my attention immediately. "Live as you live" was an interesting title to read, and when I reviewed her design concept, I confirmed it was definitely a good one. Her idea of turning time into space to live a balanced life is not just a great one, but also makes a very strong concept to be developed in various ways as a design. I think she already has a wonderful way of working, since starting with a good idea is the first step for making a good design. Keep on working hard and studying, with an open mind to learn new things every moment and enjoy it... there are wonderful things and a brilliant future waiting for her.

DESIGNER COMMENT ON CADW
Help is not just a beautiful word, it can also be like a miracle when it makes things happen, it can be the difference between all and nothing. The California Dream Week program is exactly like that: it creates ways and brings hope to students who are looking for a better future comprised of sustainability. I would like to express my most sincere respects and congratulations to all the people who organize, work, sponsor and support this wonderful program, and also thank-you for inviting me to participate. This was a wonderful experience, which I enjoyed very much.

ABOUT GONZALO SAVOGIN
Gonzalo Savogin graduated in Industrial Design in 1997 at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, in Argentina, he founded Savogin Design in 2002 in Santa Fe, working for customers in the USA and Argentina, among and other countries. He also taught Industrial Design and computer aided industrial design for students and professionals at various schools and companies. He worked on the development of the Industrial Design career at the Universidad Siglo 21 in 2001, and currently works as Industrial Design consultant for the Universidad Católica de Santa Fe, Argentina. He worked in several fields, from consumer products to electronics, from medical, to packaging, automotive, home appliances, furniture and industrial machines. He also collaborated with Mercedes Benz, General Motors, Volkswagen,Room&Board, SouthCone. He won several awards like Premio Arcor in Argentina in 2000 and Best of Market Design Award, Furniture Today magazine, USA in 2009.