Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that's how I started.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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 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 never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

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 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.

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...

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...

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

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

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

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...

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.

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.