If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.

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Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you...

Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you...

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I don't like to make my life like a book.

I don't like to make my life like a book.

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

I don't have any furniture of mine in my room.

I don't have any furniture of mine in my room.

You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different...

You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different...

If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand...

If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand...

People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.

People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.

Yeah, my dream would be to work for 6 months and then have 6 months...

Yeah, my dream would be to work for 6 months and then have 6 months...

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get...

Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get...

So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find...

So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find...

I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for...

I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for...

You know like it has its own personality, its own character.

You know like it has its own personality, its own character.

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no...

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no...

So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it...

So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it...

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture.

And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture.

I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more.

I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more.