Everything has been thought of before... the real problem is to think of it again.
I wanted to go beyond the sentiments and needs of daily life to create a sense of wonder and find a new space for design.
When I had just finished my degree show, I wrote down the 10 companies that I most wanted to work with, and B&B Italia was on the top of the list.
I like my products to be smart in a technical way but to show the time invested in their creation, too.
Normally I don't care so much about food. I'm more interested in the people I'm with.
I want to make sure people are connected with the future as well as the past.
Food can be a material, and you can use it as a way to project concepts.
M.A.C. stands for makeup, art, and cosmetics. We're about bringing all these worlds together - makeup, design, fashion.
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.
I like to be the jester - he is the only one the king doesn't question.
Every project has its own logic and parameters. In some objects, functionality is primary, and in others, it is rather inconsequential.
Beauty is only about relationships. Nothing is beautiful on its own.
Nothing grows old faster than the new.
By training, I'm an engineer, but I don't tell anyone because it bores people.
There is no one I'd like to exclude when I design. It's not like I'm trying to design for everyone. Probably can't do that. Yet I try not to exclude anyone.
To transfer food into a bowl from a pan that you've just cooked in, it's a loss of energy; it's wasteful. People think it's very sophisticated, I don't think it's so smart.
The one thing we should address is how design can play a role in the psychological durability of objects, to think of how objects can be engineered in a way that they will be good over time.
If we want a world that is truly sustainable, we have to realize that something old can also be perfect. Otherwise, we'll just throw away our yesterday.
Amsterdam lives and breathes creativity. One moment you walk into a building from the 17th century, and the next you find yourself in a hub of creative start-up companies.
When I was a student, my first luxury purchase was a drafting table. It may not seem like a major purchase, but for me, it was the most important thing I could think of to spend my money on.
