It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.
I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era.
Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.
Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me.
Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.
It was a wonderful experience to design the Pride of Cows limited-edition bottle.
Paper is a uniquely beautiful format, more so than the web, I think: you need to invest in the aesthetics.
Every social media post should have a beautiful graphic. If there are two identical stories, the one with the beautiful graphic will always win.
I have three assistants, but there isn't a head assistant. All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me.
I call architecture frozen music.
Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed for many years but I'm a collaborator there and I bring in other people, other artists and I work with a great creative design team.
We spent a lot of time trend forecasting and collaborating on ways to design a fresh line of fashion-forward, affordable luxury.
I worked as an interior designer. I worked as a furniture salesman. I worked as a financial adviser. I worked as a painter and decorator - that wasn't for very long. I was a baker for about four-and-a-half years.
We really want to be the leading designer and integrator of tailored solutions.
My passion for music has always inspired my designs.
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.
For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element.
It's not enough to have a hacker culture anymore. You have to have a design culture, too.
The novelist does not long to see the lion eat grass. He realizes that one and the same God created the wolf and the lamb, then smiled, “seeing that his work was good.”
Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.
I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basically self-made millionaires who have either come up with their own business or clothing... I came up with the idea of designing clothes.
