I'm A Designer, I Love It, And

When East Meets West, Amazing Design Happens. L'alahambra Rug Is A Marriage Of The Clean Line And Simplicity Of Western Graphic Design Meets The Complexity And Beauty Of Eastern Pattern.

But Instead Of That Stuff You Get Relationships With People And Neighbors That You Would Never Get In A City. People In Small Towns Are A Lot More Open.

I'm Opening A Store At The End Of The Month In The New York Meatpacking District. I'm Launching A Line Of Bedding This Summer, And I Am Writing A Book That Will Be Out Next January.

We Worked Out A Lot Of Bugs And Figured Out Who Was Working And Who Wasn't And How This Beast Functions. It Was A Lot Bigger Than We Actually Thought, And Now We Have A Well-run Ship Where It Feels I Can Actually Have Time To Imagine And Not Just Stress Out About Everything.

That Was Always My Frustration With So Many Of These Shows, Because Design Is Not An Ambush... It's A Relationship. You Have To Know How People Move And Live And Work To Be Able To Design For Them.