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

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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 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...

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...

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

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

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.

In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.

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.

Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again.

Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

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...

You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but...

You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but...

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

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

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...

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.