Since 2015, Dragoș Motica has been a partner at ASKIA Furniture and Askia Research Studio, a collaboration focused on developing furniture, lighting, and acoustic solutions.
His professional trajectory includes participation in prestigious group exhibitions such as Shaping Design Together (Bucharest), Design Without Borders (Budapest), Common Roots (Tel Aviv), and Fresh Light of Corian (Milan).
In 2015, Dragoș Motica was awarded the A’ Design Award for the project "/" Lamp, and in 2012 he received First Prize for A_Table in a competition organized by the Furniture Manufacturers Association.
Dragoș Motica has participated in a series of international design events, beginning with Fresh Light of Corian in Milan (2008), Common Roots in Tel Aviv (2012), and Design Without Borders in Budapest (2018).
He has also been present at major fairs and festivals such as Salone del Mobile (2017, 2020, 2025), IMM Cologne (2018), Stockholm Design Festival (2023), Orgatec (2022, 2024), the London Design Festival, Clerkenwell Design Week (2023), and ICFF (2024, 2025).
"/" Lamp
The "/" Lamp is an object that gives the user the possibility of choice—a subjective, personal decision. It exists between two opposing states, and the process of intervention or non-intervention places it into one of them.
The materials used in its construction are inspired by the industrial environment and construction sites: concrete, reinforcing steel wire, climbing rope, and high-voltage cable spools.
"I think any design object is good if it has an audience. I don’t know if there are international standards. Object design is subjective, and it is difficult to anticipate what might work in any market, because each market has its own cultural and economic specificity."
"What becomes important is the message you want to convey, and then the iterations — the abandoned versions — can be infinite. In the case of this type of product, passion takes precedence, so the approach is completely the opposite of a product constrained by rational, financial, or temporal limitations."