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

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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...

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 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.

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.

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

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

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.