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

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...