“Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable ...” — Jonathan Ive Quote

Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable that it was going to work. A stolen design is stolen time.

I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's quiet.

It's easy to assume that just because you make something in small volumes, not using many tools, that there is integrity and care - that is a false assumption.

I think it's important that we learn how to draw and to make something and to do it directly. To understand the properties you're working with by manipulating them and transforming them yourself.

Often when I talk about what I do, making isn't just this inevitable function tacked on at the end.

My background is in hardware design. I found hardware work to be a welcome change from thousands of hours of programming and that led to the designs you mentioned.

We always say we are a brand for our fans because through social media we're so lucky to see what people are asking us for, what they're looking for, and so we really design what we like but also take our fans in mind.

I'm always up for collaborating with brands and people who actually design, but doing your own line is a whole other beast. I don't think I could deal with the criticism.

I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.