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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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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 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...

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 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.

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

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

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.

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...

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

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

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

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...

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...