I Made Some Salt And Pepper Shakers

One Of The Best Things I Ever Did Was To Train In A Practical Skill. I Love Computers And They've Become Such A Part Of Life, Especially To The World Of Design. But It's Important To Understand That They Are A Tool, As Much As A Hammer Or A Saw Is A Tool. Computers Don't Help You Design. There Needs To Be More Emphasis On Training Young Designers In How To Build Things. A Good Writer Needs A Good Vocabulary. A Good Designer Needs To Understand His Materials And Processes. You Can't, As A Successful Designer, Pretend To Get Any Respect If You Don't Know How Things Are Made.

I'm Always Working. Like A Lot Of Creative People I Can't Switch Off. I Can't Disassociate Work From Pleasure. My Job Is My Hobby.

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.

And Where I Grew Up In Australia, Surfing Was A Part Of Culture.

I Was Much More Interested In Making Things Than In Designing Them.