“I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the ...” — John Rocha Quote

I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief.

My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am.

My family was quite poor, and the NHS was recruiting people from abroad to do psychiatric nursing. It was the only hope I had to leave Hong Kong.

I want romance; I want people to be happy in their relationships.

The most important part of my work on The Orion Building was the creation within the apartments of living space which inspires people and the way they live their lives, whether they have bought a one-bedroom apartment or the penthouse. This building is beautiful to see, sense, and experience.

The cover for my album 'I Feel Cream,' I wore a piece by Brian Litchenberg. He went on to design for Beyonce and M.I.A., I'm always the jumping off point for designers. We did one photo shoot together, and one shot ended up as the album cover.

You can really have a no-holds-barred relationship to materials with mixed metals and colorful schemes or more controlled palettes that are more tonal or restricted to a single accent color or metal finish. There are really no rules, and that is what makes contemporary design so limitless and enjoyable.

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.

The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.