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Above: Linas Staniukynas and his work.  Linas' winning project Vesper is a sensory pillow and companion app using pressure adjustable temperature, sounds and vibration to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder fall asleep.ARTSTHREAD:How did you get into your creative field - tell us about your background? Linas Staniukynas: I never knew where I was going to go (and I still don't!). I knew I enjoyed art in school and had a penchant for drawing when I was young, which led me to National College of Art & Design. While I did not realise it at the time, while I was growing up I enjoyed tech, helping people out, creative pursuits. In my first year of college a new course was announced, Interaction Design that sounded like a good blend of everything I liked. ARTSTHREAD:What motivates you creatively? Linas Staniukynas: People's problems. In a way, I wouldn't use the word inspire, but what pushes me to complete my projects is finding problems or issues that people are having. Then using what I learned and been taught in user research and design to find and present solutions. I go back to this quite often, but I look for that "Aha!" moment after speaking to people and researching, you come across a way of solving it. I also just simply enjoy creating designs; there is something about putting on some music and putting all of the puzzle pieces together. ARTSTHREAD: What does winning this award mean to you? Linas Staniukynas: It would be a step towards my dream or goal, I think. It will help me put my name out there more and build a brand for myself. I would love to be able to travel and while doing interesting projects using my research and design skillset; winning this award would bring me closer to that. ARTSTHREAD: What’s next? Linas Staniukynas: Well, I've graduated and in an ideal world I'd like to join a UX Design agency or a company with one or two senior UX designers I could learn from. However, if that does not work out, then I'll just keep making things and teaching myself. Stay tuned as ARTS THREAD announces the other judges' vote winners in the i-D x ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show. 
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Above: Linas Staniukynas and his work.
Meet Linas Staniukynas, the winner of the Interaction/Game Design category judges vote in the i-D and ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show 2020!
See Linas Staniukynas' winning project Vesper - Help Children With Asd Sleep. Linas is an Interaction Design graduate from the National College of Art and Design Dublin.
Read Linas's story on i-D
Linas' winning project Vesper is a sensory pillow and companion app using pressure adjustable temperature, sounds and vibration to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder fall asleep.ARTSTHREAD:How did you get into your creative field - tell us about your background?
Linas Staniukynas: I never knew where I was going to go (and I still don't!). I knew I enjoyed art in school and had a penchant for drawing when I was young, which led me to National College of Art & Design. While I did not realise it at the time, while I was growing up I enjoyed tech, helping people out, creative pursuits. In my first year of college a new course was announced, Interaction Design that sounded like a good blend of everything I liked.
ARTSTHREAD:What motivates you creatively?
Linas Staniukynas: People's problems. In a way, I wouldn't use the word inspire, but what pushes me to complete my projects is finding problems or issues that people are having. Then using what I learned and been taught in user research and design to find and present solutions. I go back to this quite often, but I look for that "Aha!" moment after speaking to people and researching, you come across a way of solving it. I also just simply enjoy creating designs; there is something about putting on some music and putting all of the puzzle pieces together.
ARTSTHREAD: What does winning this award mean to you?
Linas Staniukynas: It would be a step towards my dream or goal, I think. It will help me put my name out there more and build a brand for myself. I would love to be able to travel and while doing interesting projects using my research and design skillset; winning this award would bring me closer to that.
ARTSTHREAD: What’s next?
Linas Staniukynas: Well, I've graduated and in an ideal world I'd like to join a UX Design agency or a company with one or two senior UX designers I could learn from. However, if that does not work out, then I'll just keep making things and teaching myself.
Stay tuned as ARTS THREAD announces the other judges' vote winners in the i-D x ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show.