Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.

My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye.

The playful search for beauty.

When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt like the mother of many well-behaved children.

Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.

I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world.

When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.