To go back to architecture, what's organic about architecture as a field, unlike product design, is this whole issue of holism and of monumentality is really our realm. Like, we have to design things which are coherent as a single object, but also break down into small rooms and have an identity of both the big scale and the small scale.

It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.

Before computers, you'd start designing using shapes of cubes. Now I can start with something like a handkerchief, an object that doesn't have strong inside and outside boundaries or much closed volume.

I really like the pop culture materials of everyday life, but used in some way that elevates them to something you notice and care about.