Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do. The questions are always the same, the answers, not so much. This week: Ivan Navarro. Click here for more User Preferences Tech Q&As.
The Creators Project: Who are you and what do you do?
Ivan Navarro: … ARTIST
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What kind of hardware do you use?
I LOVE HOOKS AND DRILLS
Death Row
What kind of software do you use?
SAFARI
What piece of equipment can you simply not live without?
RECORD PLAYER
A neon bench—a collaboration with sculpture Courtney Smith
If money were no object, how would you change your current setup?
I WOULD TURN MY HOME INTO A BEATIFUL TROPICAL ISLAND… WITH A BEACH SURROUNDED BY WATER… IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD.
Electric Chair
Is there any piece of technology that inspired you to take the path you did?
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
What is your favorite piece of technology from your childhood?
FIRE
Untitled (Sears Tower)
What fantasy piece of technology would you like to see invented?
FIRST CLASS PLANES FOR EVERYBODY NOT JUST FOR THE RICH.