So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and…

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I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

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

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

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...

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

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

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

If I can feel freedom then I can create.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

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...