Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting.

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My life style in a sense is kind of private.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually.

I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually.

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...

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

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

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

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

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

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...

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I was sort of open to do anything, I was free.

I was sort of open to do anything, I was free.

I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.

I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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 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.

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 was much more interested in making things than in designing them.

I was much more interested in making things than in designing them.