Pipit is a duo comprises of talented designers Mike and Ivery. They have their own booth at the recent Rantai Art event and their stuff sure looks yummy & fresh. But due to time constraint and the sardine-like atmosphere, I decided to cancel my plan to drop by their booth for a chat. So, what is Pipit actually? Is it that small bird that we can found almost everywhere, here, in Malaysia? They describe themselves as a team that actively support independent artist and signer. They promote art design related project, exibition and any other type of creative activities. Thanks to Mike for answering my questions.

Q. Can you tell me more about you guys. Did you have any formal training/education on graphic design?
A. We are independent team of supporting the independent artist and designer based in KL. Yes, we do. I am a 3D artist graduated from The One Academy and Ivery is a layout artist.

Q. So, Mike and Ivery, how long have you known each other? What Pipit, any story behind the name?
A. Me and Ivery know each other since secondary school. Pipit actually is from a Chinese phrase that means pipit (type of bird), although is a small bird but it has the speciality . It means although we are small team, but we are passionate about art & design and fully support independent artist and designer.

Q. Looking at your forum, you have quite a following. Regarding your artworks, what are the most popular among the crowd?
A. At the moment, we still haven’t establised any specific artwork for pipit yet. We only publish pipit creative issue.

Q. Do you have any particular unique style? What are you favourite medium?
A. No particular unique style yet, still in experimental stage.

Q. Have you done any collaboration?
A.Yes. We did collaborate with a team of artist call Eat Your Carrot from Argentina.

Q. Where do you look for inspiration?
A. All the artists and designers especially character art and design.

Q. Who are your favourite designer or artist, locally and on the international scene?
A. Akira Toriyama, Yoshitomo Nara, Gaston Caba, Nathan Jurevicius, Michael Lau, Devil Robot, Eightyfourcube and lots more …..

Q. Some design collective or portal such as Rantai Art Event and Beautiful Junk have done a good job keeping the local design scene alive. Is it enough? Do we need a regular, annual so designers can come together and share ideas and such?
A. Yes, we hope to see more and more art design related event and community to keep the local creative scene move on and getting better. We also wish to see the artist and designer actively involve themself to it.

Q. Do you think the government are doing enough in nurturing our design scene?
A. No, compare to other country, our government need to do more to support our design scene.

Q. To date, what are some of the memorable projects that you have been involved in?
A. Our Pipit 1st anniversary event and all the events that we have participated in (ed-they did not list out the events that they have participated in in details. Check out their website for more info).

Q. Have you done any projects for multinational company? Have you been in a position that requires you to abandon your believe in order to satisfy your client?
A. Nope. None at the moment.

Q. What are your future plans?
A. Keep on support and promote more talented artist.

Website : http://pipit.cccelsius.com/

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