Occupation: Industrial Designer Birth: October 20, 1963
I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories..
Studing jewelry gives you an incredible technical background. If you can work on very, very small things, then, I think, typically you find it easier….
You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different things..
I was sort of open to do anything, I was free..
The design industry is really pathetic..
Doing anything in Japan as a sort of architecture - related project is just fantastic because they do everything so perfectly and so quickly. It's un….
My life style in a sense is kind of private..
I do feel that the world is entering into a period of the incredible period of reflection and introspection. A lot of people are questioning the futu….
You know like it has its own personality, its own character..
I'm so immersed in my little world that I don't often sit back and pay attention to what's going on around me. It truly stuns me when people recogniz….
In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture..
And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture..
Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get stuff in a magazine, and then slowly started to build up and started to doi….
I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more..
I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture..
So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I sta….
You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree..
I never buy magazines, I never even buy books..
The fashion industry has an enormous amount to offer in what we do in industrial design because fashion is fast, fashion has its finger on the pulse.….
If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection..
People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train..