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

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

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

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