I Never Buy Magazines, I Never Even

I Don't Like To Make My Life Like A Book.

You Know Like It Has Its Own Personality, Its Own Character.

I'm So Immersed In My Little World That I Don't Often Sit Back And Pay Attention To What's Going On Around Me. It Truly Stuns Me When People Recognize Me. Obviously, I'm Not A Film Star, But Even At A Design Exhibition Or Art Exhibition, If Someone Comes Up To Me, I'm Sort Of Taken Aback. I Don't Think Of Myself Like That. But If I Can Have An Effect On Young Designers, That's Great - Particularly Young Designers Coming From Australia. Europeans Grew Up With Design. The Rest Of Us Lived On Tidbits Of Information.

One Of The Great Things About Design Is That It's Truly International. No One In The Design Industry Would Say, "this Country Is Mine," Or "i Will Make It Look This Way Because It's For An American Market And That Way For A Chinese Market." If You Look At All Of The Apple Products, They Are The Same Everywhere . . . I Mean, I Can't Deny That I Love Traveling. It's A Very Healthy Thing To Be Able To Appreciate Other Cultures - Or At Least Witness Them Firsthand. And All Of That Goes Into Helping Someone Be A Good Designer, Because It's An International Business.

Studing Jewelry Gives You An Incredible Technical Background. If You Can Work On Very, Very Small Things, Then, I Think, Typically You Find It Easier To Go Bigger Rather Than The Other Way Around. I Think A Lot Of Architects Have Struggled With Small Things. Whereas If You Start Small, It's Easier To Get Bigger.