The fundamental dogma of Modernism - that, if the past is irrelevant to the future, then today is irrelevant to tomorrow - has created a throwaway society of disposable objects. That is sick.
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Beauty is very important, but it's not the most important thing in the world.
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We should make things that people don't want to throw away.
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Some people have a concept of design: that it should be without the maker. I have been educated in this way, the traditional way. But I am not naive. I know that we make my things, and that people want them. I am signing them - and I am winking at them.
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When I make chairs, they have legs; they can go anywhere in the world. Interiors are a different responsibility. A house is a representation of where you are, and it has to be right for the place.
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A lot of my work is intelligent, a lot of the work is beautiful, but I make ugly things, too.
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My design always has a political agenda. When I borrow components from various cultures and juxtapose them in an object, it is a message that co-existence is indeed possible. Design creates an ideal world where different ideas live close to each other in perfect harmony.
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People like their handbag more than their sofa, and I hate it.
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San Francisco is a lot like Amsterdam - free, open-minded and casual - though I expected better weather.
