“Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they ...” — Marc Newson Quote

Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting.

If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments.

And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture.

Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again.

You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different things.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

In fashion design, you can divide people into two groups. You have people who come with an aesthetic that is there forever, even if it evolves. Then you have people I call 'jumpers.' One season it can be this; the next season it's completely something else. I always knew I am more of a jumper.

Kanye West is a brilliant poet and artist. He and I work in a very similar way. We feel the vibration, the power of something, and it inspires us to create, whether it is music or design. It is the same process. Working with Kanye is a joy and great privilege. In 2012, we did collaboration together.