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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

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...

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...