From Soviet-Era Sketches To A Georgian Design House with Zviad Tsikolia
About this episode
Zviad Tsikolia shares his journey from a Soviet-era workshop to establishing a modern design house in Georgia.
A designer’s origin story can smell like acetone, sound like ticking, and feel like a country waking up to its own potential. That’s where we go with Zviad Tsikolia—a friend, an industrial designer, and the creative force turning Georgian identity into watches, jewelry, eyewear and more. He walks us from a Soviet-era workshop stacked with model planes to a modern boutique in Tbilisi, explaining why design isn’t “pretty things,” but a hard marriage of function, engineering, safety and logistic...
People in this episode
Guest: Zviad Tsikolia
Topics covered
- design
- Georgian identity
- industrial design
- watches
- jewelry
- eyewear
Keywords
- design
- Georgian identity
- watches
- industrial design
- Tbilisi
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Soviet-era workshop
Places: Georgia, Tbilisi
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